Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors $24.54 +0.28 (+1.15%) Closing price 01/31/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$24.51 -0.03 (-0.12%) As of 01/31/2025 06:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends IIF vs. CGBD, PFLT, AWF, HQH, BTO, CCAP, PHK, NXP, ECC, and PDTShould you be buying Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund include Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund vs. Carlyle Secured Lending PennantPark Floating Rate Capital AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Abrdn Healthcare Investors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Crescent Capital BDC PIMCO High Income Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Eagle Point Credit John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Carlyle Secured Lending (NASDAQ:CGBD) and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking. Is CGBD or IIF a better dividend stock? Carlyle Secured Lending pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Carlyle Secured Lending pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Do analysts recommend CGBD or IIF? Carlyle Secured Lending presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.41%. Given Carlyle Secured Lending's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carlyle Secured Lending is more favorable than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Carlyle Secured Lending 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CGBD or IIF? Carlyle Secured Lending received 102 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.39% of users gave Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Carlyle Secured Lending an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCarlyle Secured LendingOutperform Votes18756.67% Underperform Votes14343.33% Morgan Stanley India Investment FundOutperform Votes8564.39% Underperform Votes4735.61% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CGBD or IIF? 24.5% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Carlyle Secured Lending shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is CGBD or IIF more profitable? Carlyle Secured Lending has a net margin of 40.69% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Carlyle Secured Lending's return on equity of 12.60% beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Carlyle Secured Lending40.69% 12.60% 5.77% Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund N/A N/A N/A Which has more risk and volatility, CGBD or IIF? Carlyle Secured Lending has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer CGBD or IIF? In the previous week, Carlyle Secured Lending had 7 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Carlyle Secured Lending and 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. Carlyle Secured Lending's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Carlyle Secured Lending is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Carlyle Secured Lending 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has higher earnings and valuation, CGBD or IIF? Carlyle Secured Lending has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCarlyle Secured Lending$241.63M3.91$92.28M$1.7910.37Morgan Stanley India Investment FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A SummaryCarlyle Secured Lending beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IIF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart IIF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMorgan Stanley India Investment FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$234.89M$8.11B$11.85B$20.15BDividend Yield11.24%6.88%5.76%3.64%P/E RatioN/A0.4624.2136.14Price / SalesN/A13.3527.5018.55Price / CashN/A7.1118.3120.47Price / BookN/A0.992.675.90Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.07B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.28%0.22%0.35%-0.56%1 Month Performance-2.89%2.47%1.69%4.18%1 Year Performance8.11%4.87%14.82%16.86% Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIFMorgan Stanley India Investment FundN/A$24.54+1.2%N/A+9.3%$234.89MN/A0.00N/ACGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.0149 of 5 stars$18.46+0.5%$16.67-9.7%+20.9%$939.80M$241.63M10.31N/AAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital1.3014 of 5 stars$11.18+0.8%$12.00+7.3%-0.2%$930.68M$186.35M7.82658Analyst DowngradePositive NewsAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.76+0.1%N/A+4.5%$927.66M$152.17M0.00N/ADividend IncreaseShort Interest ↓HQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.88+0.2%N/A+5.8%$854.47MN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↓BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$36.74+0.8%N/A+23.8%$725.15MN/A0.002,719Short Interest ↓CCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.2645 of 5 stars$19.34-0.1%$19.17-0.9%+19.7%$716.74M$184.13M7.58N/AAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.88-0.1%N/A+0.3%$712.37M$92.95M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoverageNXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.81-0.2%N/A+2.6%$693.26MN/A0.0040,400ECCEagle Point Credit2.4538 of 5 stars$8.85+0.1%$10.50+18.7%-12.6%$680.62M$139.07M11.06N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsPDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.80+0.7%N/A+18.0%$629.63MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Crescent Capital BDC Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:IIF) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s #1 AI Stock” SET TO SOARForget ChatGPT! 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