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$15.30 -0.07 (-0.42%)
Closing price 08/6/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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IFN vs. NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, MFIC, and NMFC

Should you be buying India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of India Fund include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), 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

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) and India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund$33.04M54.12N/AN/AN/A
India FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

22.5% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by company 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.

In the previous week, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund had 3 more articles in the media than India Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund and 1 mentions for India Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's score of 1.47 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, India Fund has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nuveen Municipal Value FundN/A N/A N/A
India Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund beats India Fund on 4 of the 7 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$477.33M$3.80B$12.11B$20.65B
Dividend Yield14.90%6.60%5.64%3.66%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7429.27
Price / SalesN/A41.0926.3562.32
Price / CashN/A18.0121.3823.31
Price / BookN/A1.122.124.37
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$996.36M
7 Day Performance-1.13%0.83%0.32%0.59%
1 Month Performance-6.10%0.44%0.38%0.23%
1 Year Performance-14.26%2.55%544.59%16.71%

India Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.31
-0.4%
N/A-13.7%$477.33MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.59
-0.4%
N/A-1.2%$1.79BN/A0.00640News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.87
+0.8%
N/A+13.5%$1.79BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.24
+2.0%
N/A+4.7%$1.72BN/A0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.58
-0.2%
N/A+20.5%$1.70BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.93
+0.8%
N/A-6.7%$1.60B$197.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Cut
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.1093 of 5 stars
$3.45
-0.6%
N/A-36.7%$1.56B$57.31M4.16601Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$48.35
+0.7%
N/A+14.5%$1.40B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.6251 of 5 stars
$11.11
+0.6%
$12.00
+8.0%
-22.0%$1.29B$434.37M24.69N/A
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.936 of 5 stars
$12.35
flat
$13.50
+9.3%
-3.7%$1.15B$113.46M9.96N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.8632 of 5 stars
$10.33
-0.9%
$10.67
+3.3%
-16.0%$1.12B$371.67M10.33N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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