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The India Fund (IFN) Competitors

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IFN vs. USA, GAB, STEW, RVT, OXLC, BCAT, GSBD, CET, MFIC, and NMFC

Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The India Fund vs.

The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The India FundN/A N/A N/A
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 180 more outperform votes than The India Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The India FundOutperform Votes
143
67.14%
Underperform Votes
70
32.86%
Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes
323
68.87%
Underperform Votes
146
31.13%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The India Fund$110.12M4.05N/AN/AN/A
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund$259.99M6.30N/AN/AN/A

The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%.

The India Fund has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The India Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The India Fund and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 1.17 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The India Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats The India Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IFN vs. The Competition

MetricThe India FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$446.12M$7.25B$10.39B$17.79B
Dividend Yield14.75%6.77%5.42%3.80%
P/E RatioN/A3.5521.4329.93
Price / Sales4.0515.2425.0024.18
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6317.53
Price / BookN/A0.862.564.13
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-8.27%-4.44%-5.46%-8.73%
1 Month Performance-2.48%-5.93%496.58%-10.83%
1 Year Performance-29.72%-2.26%529.99%-5.35%

The India Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFN
The India Fund
N/A$14.37
-6.7%
N/A-29.7%$446.12M$110.12M0.0021,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.57
+0.4%
N/A-14.2%$1.78B$259.99M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.50
-0.1%
N/A-6.1%$1.69B$203.01M0.00N/APositive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.25
+0.4%
N/A+7.3%$1.67B$550.34M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$14.27
+0.1%
N/A-10.8%$1.65B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
Gap Down
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.142 of 5 stars
$4.72
+1.5%
N/A-14.9%$1.63B$194.42M5.69601Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Down
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.39
+0.2%
N/A-14.9%$1.55B$197.67M0.00147,000Dividend Cut
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.6886 of 5 stars
$11.64
-3.9%
$13.00
+11.7%
-28.5%$1.36B$78.71M16.62N/AGap Down
CET
Central Securities
N/A$44.96
-0.1%
N/A-0.2%$1.30B$296.20M0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
3.4774 of 5 stars
$12.86
-1.4%
$14.60
+13.5%
-22.0%$1.21B$110.35M8.24N/ANews Coverage
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.6824 of 5 stars
$11.03
-0.4%
$11.00
-0.3%
-20.3%$1.19B$123.78M10.50N/ANews Coverage
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