Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund (NYSE:NMCO) Short Interest Down 33.0% in February

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund (NYSE:NMCO) saw a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 70,300 shares, a decline of 33.0% from the February 13th total of 105,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 210,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of NMCO traded down $0.12 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $10.93. The company had a trading volume of 64,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 193,752. Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund has a 52-week low of $10.01 and a 52-week high of $12.20. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $11.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $11.18.

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.0685 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This is a positive change from Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.06. This represents a $0.82 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.52%.

Institutional Trading of Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NMCO. Hollencrest Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund in the 4th quarter worth approximately $40,000. Wolverine Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund during the fourth quarter valued at $45,000. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund in the fourth quarter worth $109,000. Sonora Investment Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund in the fourth quarter worth $128,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund by 9.0% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 12,146 shares of the company’s stock worth $129,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter.

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund Company Profile

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund (NMCO) seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from regular U.S. federal income tax and secondarily, total return. The Fund invests primarily in high yielding, low- to medium-quality municipal securities that, at the time of investment, are rated Baa/BBB or lower or, if unrated, are judged by the portfolio managers to be of comparable quality.