IFN vs. PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, GAB, RVT, TY, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
The India Fund has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The India Fund received 19 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.
The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.
10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 2 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The India Fund and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The India Fund beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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