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IFN vs. GAB, RVT, NUV, 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 Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), 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

India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

India Fund has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gabelli Equity Trust had 1 more articles in the media than India Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gabelli Equity Trust and 4 mentions for India Fund. India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Gabelli Equity Trust's score of 0.68 indicating that India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
India Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gabelli Equity Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
India FundN/A N/A N/A
Gabelli Equity Trust N/A N/A N/A

10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
India Fund$110.12M4.27N/AN/AN/A
Gabelli Equity TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%.

Summary

India Fund beats Gabelli Equity Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$470.34M$3.94B$12.43B$21.21B
Dividend Yield14.84%6.24%5.45%3.53%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.4229.08
Price / Sales4.2723.6026.3153.89
Price / CashN/A18.0222.1023.61
Price / BookN/A1.122.365.35
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$995.89M
7 Day Performance-4.45%0.71%1.86%2.86%
1 Month Performance-4.54%1.75%1.63%3.02%
1 Year Performance-16.79%1.02%540.82%11.44%

India Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.15
-0.2%
N/A-17.5%$470.34M$110.12M0.0021,000Positive News
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.98
+0.3%
N/A+9.2%$1.83B$203.01M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.60
+0.4%
N/A+3.1%$1.79B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.60
-0.1%
N/A-1.8%$1.78BN/A0.00640Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.98
+0.1%
N/A+17.3%$1.73BN/A0.00N/A
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.79
-0.6%
N/A-9.9%$1.59B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.9452 of 5 stars
$3.42
flat
N/A-30.6%$1.55B$57.31M4.12601Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$49.64
-0.3%
N/A+12.4%$1.44B$222.17M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.3442 of 5 stars
$11.15
+0.2%
$10.00
-10.3%
-19.9%$1.27B$434.37M8.85N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Cut
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.9105 of 5 stars
$12.99
+0.9%
$13.50
+3.9%
-5.0%$1.20B$301.78M12.03N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.2976 of 5 stars
$10.39
+0.9%
$10.75
+3.5%
-15.4%$1.10B$371.67M13.67N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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