IFN vs. USA, NUV, RVT, GAB, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, CET, GSBD, and MFIC
Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
The India Fund vs.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) 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, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The India Fund and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.20 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 180 more outperform votes than The India Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats The India Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get The India Fund News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IFN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
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.
The India Fund Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:IFN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Buy IFN Stock Free IFN Stock Alerts