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Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors

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IIF vs. BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, CGBD, PHK, NXP, ASA, PDT, and MUJ

Should you be buying Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund include Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund vs.

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Barings BDC has a net margin of 38.54% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.94% beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings BDC38.54% 10.94% 4.95%
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund N/A N/A N/A

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Barings BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC$123.59M7.51$110.29M$1.048.47
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund$63.07M4.05N/AN/AN/A

Barings BDC presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barings BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Barings BDC received 18 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 57.54% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barings BDCOutperform Votes
103
57.54%
Underperform Votes
76
42.46%
Morgan Stanley India Investment FundOutperform Votes
85
64.39%
Underperform Votes
47
35.61%

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 3 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Barings BDC and 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of 0.71 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Barings BDC beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IIF vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Stanley India Investment FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$255.29M$7.26B$11.00B$18.64B
Dividend Yield10.63%7.09%5.93%4.16%
P/E RatioN/A3.4721.9631.63
Price / Sales4.0523.5625.6427.47
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.53
Price / BookN/A0.872.614.36
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.51%0.76%1.77%1.58%
1 Month Performance6.06%-4.97%-2.77%-7.33%
1 Year Performance12.39%0.01%535.35%1.81%

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$26.13
+0.6%
N/A+12.0%$255.79M$63.07M0.00N/A
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.225 of 5 stars
$8.44
+0.8%
$9.50
+12.6%
-5.2%$889.65M$123.59M8.1226Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.07
+0.7%
N/A+0.2%$868.34M$152.17M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
2.1985 of 5 stars
$9.66
+1.5%
$11.67
+20.8%
-15.1%$849.66M$114.06M6.90658
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.12
+1.6%
N/A-2.4%$765.45M$186.46M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.9943 of 5 stars
$14.10
+0.6%
$17.00
+20.6%
-14.6%$718.49M$99.28M7.88N/AAnalyst Forecast
Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.51
-0.2%
N/A-2.3%$659.04M$99.89M0.00147,000
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$13.77
+0.8%
N/A-2.0%$644.64M$75.19M0.0040,400Positive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$29.82
+1.3%
N/A+75.2%$641.85M$118.94M0.001,100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.13
+0.4%
N/A+12.2%$596.61M$198.30M0.00147,000Positive News
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$10.90
+1.1%
N/A-2.9%$588.45M$29.93M0.00N/A

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