Sprott (NYSE:SII) & Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (NYSE:JQC) Head to Head Survey

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

Dividends

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Sprott pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Sprott and Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 target price of $230.00, indicating a potential upside of 99.37%. Given Sprott’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable 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	21.99%	23.54%	17.48%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprott	$285.08 million	10.41	$67.35 million	$3.27	35.28
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.

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.