Sprott (NYSE:SII) versus Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (NYSE:JQC) Head-To-Head Comparison

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (NYSE:JQC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Sprott and Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0	1	2	0	2.67
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sprott currently has a consensus price target of $230.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.67%. Given Sprott’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Sprott pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sprott and Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprott	$386.26 million	7.99	$67.35 million	$4.08	29.41
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund	$51.33 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund.

Profitability

This table compares Sprott and Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	26.36%	28.40%	20.95%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sprott beats Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sprott

Sprott Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides asset management, portfolio management, wealth management, fund management, and administrative and consulting services to its clients. It offers mutual funds, hedge funds, and offshore funds, along with managed accounts. Further, the firm also provides broker-dealer activities. Sprott Inc. was formed on February 13, 2008 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is managed by Symphony Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income and public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in senior secured and second lien loans, preferred securities, convertible securities and related instruments. It seeks to invest in investment grade securities. The fund employs fundamental analysis with a focus on bottom-up stock picking approach based on factors such as interest rate levels, conditions and developing trends in the bond and equity markets, analysis of relative valuations for preferred, convertible and other debt instruments, and other economic and market factors, including the overall outlook for the economy and inflation to create its portfolio. The Fund uses leverage .It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The fund was formerly known as Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income & Growth Fund 2. Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund was formed on June 25, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.