The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 8.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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%.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc
NUV · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $1.7B
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenScreen close, 2026-09-24 · not a live quote
Last reviewed 11 days ago
Screened 2026-09-24 · the tape above runs as of 13:03 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 8.13 against the desk's fair-value range, over the last year.
- Trend Distribution
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its distribution label.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Inc holds its Distribution at $8.13. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 1 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 1 days |
| Price at the screen | $8.13 |
| Valuation | 15.94 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 30.0 |
| Beta | 0.38 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Financial sector: Financial
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Financial sector: Financial | Fail |
| Debt load | Excluded | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | Excluded | Below 33% | Interest-bearing cash and securities are of assets, above the one-third limit. | Fail |
| Receivables | Excluded | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is of assets, above the 49% limit. | Fail |
| Revenue purity | Excluded | Below 5% | of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. | Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund does not clear the screen at the business-activity stage. It operates in conventional financial services, which the screen treats as interest-based, so the financial ratios are not the deciding factor here.
Read as at 2026-10-04. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
The Business, in Plain Words| Trailing P/E | 15.9xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 0.51 |
| 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 |
| Dividend yield | 428.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.06minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 0.22below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.38barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.00% |
| 52-week range | 8.10 - 9.26 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $1.7B |
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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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 2.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good 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%.
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%.
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%.
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.
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.
- Your Muni Income Is Invisible to One Tax Break and Fatal to Another 24/7 Wall St. · 20 Aug 2026
- This Fund Manager Just Sold Nearly $12 Million in Municipal Bonds. Here's Why. Motley Fool · 18 May 2026
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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| 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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