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Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors

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$25.65 +0.11 (+0.43%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

IIF vs. BBDC, CGBD, HQH, PHK, BTO, ECC, NXP, CION, MUJ, and PDT

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), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), CION Investment (CION), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund and 1 mentions for Barings BDC. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of 1.04 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
1 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Barings BDC pays out 96.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC$127.89M7.77$128M$1.088.71
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund$87.14M2.88N/AN/AN/A

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings BDC39.59% 11.24% 5.10%
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund N/A N/A N/A

Barings BDC presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barings BDCOutperform Votes
103
57.87%
Underperform Votes
75
42.13%
Morgan Stanley India Investment FundOutperform Votes
85
64.39%
Underperform Votes
47
35.61%

Summary

Barings BDC beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 11 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$250.07M$8.38B$10.97B$19.18B
Dividend Yield10.53%6.74%9.85%3.59%
P/E RatioN/A0.4428.4941.28
Price / Sales2.8814.6548.6117.59
Price / CashN/A7.0330.3121.28
Price / BookN/A0.882.735.32
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.13%-2.96%-2.88%-3.56%
1 Month Performance-6.50%-2.31%-2.86%-3.70%
1 Year Performance20.76%3.73%11.27%12.12%

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$25.65
+0.4%
N/A+22.7%$250.07M$87.14M0.00N/APositive News
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.2782 of 5 stars
$9.60
-1.1%
$10.00
+4.2%
+8.0%$1.01B$289.20M8.9926Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
0.9331 of 5 stars
$17.86
+0.1%
$16.67
-6.7%
+16.4%$909.25M$241.63M9.97N/APositive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.84
-0.8%
N/A+1.4%$852.44MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.99
-0.8%
N/A+0.5%$729.18M$92.95M0.00147,000
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.66
-0.7%
N/A+16.9%$722.79M$132.65M0.002,719Positive News
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.4451 of 5 stars
$8.97
-0.3%
$10.00
+11.5%
-5.0%$690.24M$139.07M11.25N/ANews Coverage
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$14.71
-1.4%
N/A-1.4%$688.58MN/A0.0040,400
CION
CION Investment
1.7597 of 5 stars
$11.89
+0.2%
$12.25
+3.0%
+1.3%$633.57M$90.95M8.07N/ANews Coverage
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.50
-0.3%
N/A-2.8%$620.84M$29.93M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.49
-1.0%
N/A+15.3%$614.38MN/A0.00147,000

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This page (NYSE:IIF) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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