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FLC vs NUV

Side-by-side comparison of Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc (FLC) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc. (NUV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both FLC 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 9.5x FLC ($217.3M).
  • Over the past year, FLC is up 4.5% and NUV is up 5.7% - NUV leads by 1.2 points.
  • FLC has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while NUV has been quiet.
PerformanceFLC+4.46%NUV+5.66%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricFLCNUV
Company
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc.
Price
$17.09-0.75%
$9.14+0.22%
Market cap
$217.3M
$2.07B
1M return
+2.27%
+1.39%
1Y return
+4.46%
+5.66%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2003
1987
News (4w)
1
0
Recent ratings
0
0
FLC

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across utilities and banking sectors. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade securities consisting of preferred securities and other income-producing securities comprising of various debt securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the S&P 500 Index. The fund was formerly known as Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. was formed on August 26, 2003 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.