Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc NUV

An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.

In plain words · Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.

The label

Distribution

read at $9.08

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc holds its Distribution at $9.08.

PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Distribution label
INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
SCScreen · does not pass the values gate

edge confirmed
edge broken
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The investor read · the season, not the day

As held on the ledger · 2026-08-04
Phase	Distribution · caution
Quantitative state	The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 1 days
Price	$9.08
Valuation	17.80 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings
Values screen	FAIL · score 30.0
Beta	0.38

The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Trailing P/E	17.8x reasonably valued
Revenue growth	6.2% slow but positive growth
Profit margin	66.1% highly profitable on every dollar of sales
Return on equity	3.1% a modest return on shareholder capital
Debt to equity	0.06 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio	0.22 below 1 — short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta	0.38 barely tracks the market's swings
Market cap	$1.9B

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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The trader read · the latest dated commentary

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 11%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 0%. Entered 2026-08-07 · Distribution

The dated journal · newest first, never edited

2026-08-07 Distribution $9.08 -0.3% Entry 4

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 11%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 0%.

2026-07-18 Distribution $9.11 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 11%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 0%.

2026-07-03 Distribution $9.11 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $9.11 Entry 1

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

What holding actually paid · price plus dividends

If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
Period	Price then	Price return	Divs per share	$1,000 became	Total return
1 month	$9.20	-0.7%	$0.03	$996	-0.4%
2 months	$9.11	+0.2%	$0.07	$1,009	+0.9%
3 months	$9.05	+0.9%	$0.10	$1,020	+2.0%
6 months	$8.90	+2.5%	$0.20	$1,048	+4.8%
1 year	$8.20	+11.3%	$0.40	$1,162	+16.2%
2 years	$7.76	+17.6%	$0.77	$1,276	+27.6%
3 years	$7.73	+18.1%	$1.12	$1,326	+32.6%
5 years	$9.40	-2.9%	$1.79	$1,162	+16.2%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc · NUV · Distribution · $9.08
Recorded 2026-08-04 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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