Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II (NCZ): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is NCZ undervalued?

NCZ has a margin of safety of 87%: the stock closed at 13.97 on 16 Oct 2026 against a GLS average fair value of 108.62. 6 of the 7 valuation models that produced a number sit above the price. Our screens treat a discount this large as a strong starting point for a cash-secured put, not as a verdict - the fair value is a model output, and a wide gap can mean the models are missing something the market knows.

There is a wide gap between DCF (7.36) and GLS Growth (271.11). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

The nightly engine files NCZ under High Growth: revenue and earnings growing fast enough that the growth-based models carry the valuation.

Nine valuation models for NCZ

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II scores 6 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that passes the Sunday Scan's "6 or more" rule. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. A GLS Moat score of 4.3/10 is a weak reading: the ten-year history the score grades (revenue, EPS, book value, margins, cash flow, share count, ROIC) has not been steady, so the Moat part of the Wheel Score contributes little.

Returns on capital are high - ROIC 15.5%, ROE 16.5%, ROA 14.4% - with debt at 0.06 times equity and negative free cash flow.

The dividend yield is high at 10.31% (payout ratio 33%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 10/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 39: No options

No options are listed on Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II in our nightly snapshot. The Wheel Score is therefore capped at 39 (it reads 39) and the stock is left out of every options screen; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 53k shares a day on a market cap of $266M, with a beta of 1.23 - a high beta, so the stock tends to move more than the market and a strike can be gapped through; the Stability part of the Wheel Score gives that 6 of 20.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls; it is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. The walkthrough lesson shows how the score fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for NCZ in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 12 Nov 2026 (0.1200 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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