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MGF vs NUV

Side-by-side comparison of MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. (NUV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MGF and NUV operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NUV is the larger of the two at $2.07B, about 22.2x MGF ($93.2M).
  • Over the past year, MGF is down 8.0% and NUV is up 5.7% - NUV leads by 13.7 points.
  • MGF has hit the wire 6 times in the past 4 weeks while NUV has been quiet.
PerformanceMGF-8.04%NUV+5.71%
2025-05-06+0.00%2026-05-05
MetricMGFNUV
Company
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
Price
$2.86-1.38%
$9.17+1.27%
Market cap
$93.2M
$2.07B
1M return
-2.05%
+1.44%
1Y return
-8.04%
+5.71%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1987
1987
News (4w)
6
0
Recent ratings
0
0
MGF

MFS Government Markets Income Trust

MFS Government Markets Income Trust is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of United States. It primarily invests in investment grade debt instruments. The fund also invests in mortgage backed, U.S. government agencies, international sovereigns, U.S. treasuries, cash and other net assets, emerging markets debt, high grade corporates, and residential mortgage backed securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index. MFS Government Markets Income Trust was formed in May 28, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.

NUV

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund also invests some portion of its portfolio in derivative instruments. It invests in undervalued municipal securities and other related investments the income, exempt from regular federal income taxes that are rated Baa or BBB or better. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Standard & Poor's (S&P) National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. was formed on April 8, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.