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The India Fund (IFN) Competitors

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$17.77 +0.07 (+0.40%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

IFN vs. RVT, OXLC, BCAT, STEW, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, and HQH

Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The India Fund vs.

Royce Value Trust (NYSE:RVT) and The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.

Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Royce Value Trust received 47 more outperform votes than The India Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royce Value TrustOutperform Votes
190
65.29%
Underperform Votes
101
34.71%
The India FundOutperform Votes
143
67.14%
Underperform Votes
70
32.86%

25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royce Value TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The India FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, The India Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Value Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The India Fund and 0 mentions for Royce Value Trust. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat The India Fund's score of 1.10 indicating that Royce Value Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Royce Value Trust Positive
The India Fund Positive

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royce Value TrustN/A N/A N/A
The India Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats The India Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IFN vs. The Competition

MetricThe India FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$549.70M$8.31B$10.41B$19.84B
Dividend Yield10.06%6.40%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4647.1237.73
Price / SalesN/A24.163,443.7818.01
Price / CashN/A6.9930.7717.90
Price / BookN/A0.912.484.86
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$993.44M$985.93M
7 Day Performance2.84%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-4.20%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance3.80%11.36%24.11%24.67%

The India Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFN
The India Fund
N/A$17.77
+0.4%
N/A+1.0%$549.70MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$15.93
-0.2%
N/A+22.4%$1.84BN/A0.0050Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.0414 of 5 stars
$5.22
-0.4%
N/A+5.9%$1.81B$194.42M3.73601
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.92
-0.6%
N/A+7.7%$1.71B$211.29M0.00147,000News Coverage
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.11
-0.3%
N/A+20.5%$1.56BN/A0.00N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.26
-0.2%
N/A+27.3%$1.31BN/A0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.1253 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.4%
$14.71
+6.9%
+3.8%$1.29B$121.29M8.83N/AAnalyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.5703 of 5 stars
$11.52
-0.8%
$11.00
-4.5%
-10.1%$1.25B$374.84M10.97N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.1326 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.2%
$17.00
+2.3%
+9.9%$1.07B$297.79M8.351,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.4802 of 5 stars
$10.07
flat
$10.00
-0.7%
+12.8%$1.06B$289.20M9.3226Positive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.72
+0.5%
N/A+15.5%$892.52MN/A0.00147,000

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This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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