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$16.05 -0.10 (-0.59%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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IFN vs. OXLC, GAB, NUV, RVT, STEW, BCAT, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and NMFC

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

India Fund vs. Its Competitors

India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

10.8% of India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than India Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
India FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Oxford Lane Capital$57.31M32.03$376.14M$0.834.88

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.7%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 130.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
India FundN/A N/A N/A
Oxford Lane Capital N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 8 more articles in the media than India Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 1 mentions for India Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.95 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
India Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Oxford Lane Capital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

India Fund has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oxford Lane Capital beats India Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IFN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IFN vs. The Competition

MetricIndia FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$501.56M$3.76B$12.05B$20.75B
Dividend Yield14.18%6.64%5.56%3.66%
P/E RatioN/A0.1418.1925.75
Price / SalesN/A29.4726.1959.30
Price / CashN/A18.7221.5022.13
Price / BookN/A1.222.324.66
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-0.32%-0.91%0.13%-0.69%
1 Month Performance0.49%1.83%4.90%5.41%
1 Year Performance-12.61%0.22%541.38%9.18%

India Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFN
India Fund
N/A$16.05
-0.6%
N/A-11.3%$501.56MN/A0.0021,000News Coverage
Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.3963 of 5 stars
$4.16
-1.2%
N/A-26.7%$1.89B$57.31M5.01601News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.86
-1.2%
N/A+6.5%$1.82BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.71
-0.3%
N/A-1.8%$1.81BN/A0.00640News Coverage
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.31
-1.4%
N/A-3.8%$1.79BN/A0.0050
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.60
-1.3%
N/A+14.2%$1.72BN/A0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.13
-0.4%
N/A-11.3%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000
CET
Central Securities
N/A$47.94
-0.7%
N/A+7.4%$1.39B$296.20M0.006
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
0.7446 of 5 stars
$11.53
-0.1%
$12.00
+4.1%
-22.2%$1.35B$434.37M25.62N/A
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.0617 of 5 stars
$12.69
-0.2%
$14.00
+10.3%
-13.7%$1.19B$113.46M10.23N/APositive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.9859 of 5 stars
$10.57
-1.2%
$10.67
+0.9%
-12.3%$1.15B$371.67M10.57N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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