Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors $27.57 -0.23 (-0.83%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IIF vs. BCSF, PFLT, MUC, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, and BTOShould you be buying Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund include Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund vs. Its Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance PennantPark Floating Rate Capital BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk. Do analysts rate IIF or BCSF? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Bain Capital Specialty Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IIF or BCSF? 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk & volatility, IIF or BCSF? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor IIF or BCSF? In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 5 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.61 indicating that Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Positive Bain Capital Specialty Finance Positive Is IIF or BCSF more profitable? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.90% beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Morgan Stanley India Investment FundN/A N/A N/A Bain Capital Specialty Finance 43.62%11.90%5.43% Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IIF or BCSF? Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMorgan Stanley India Investment Fund$63.07M4.18N/AN/AN/ABain Capital Specialty Finance$131.73M7.74$123.38M$1.749.03 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IIF or BCSF? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund received 23 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMorgan Stanley India Investment FundOutperform Votes8564.39% Underperform Votes4735.61% Bain Capital Specialty FinanceOutperform Votes6244.29% Underperform Votes7855.71% Is IIF or BCSF a better dividend stock? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 96.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bain Capital Specialty Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummaryBain Capital Specialty Finance beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IIF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IIF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart IIF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMorgan Stanley India Investment FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$265.89M$7.14B$11.73B$19.87BDividend Yield9.86%6.78%5.66%3.83%P/E RatioN/A3.5923.0535.60Price / Sales4.1824.7226.8643.81Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51Price / BookN/A0.922.894.85Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance2.61%1.00%1.53%1.94%1 Month Performance4.25%1.79%1.45%3.02%1 Year Performance9.75%2.69%540.37%9.87% Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IIFMorgan Stanley India Investment FundN/A$27.57-0.8%N/A+11.4%$265.89M$63.07M0.00N/APositive NewsShort Interest ↓BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.6206 of 5 stars$15.57-1.0%$16.50+6.0%-5.3%$1.01B$131.73M7.821,000PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.5834 of 5 stars$10.11-1.9%$11.08+9.7%-7.7%$1.00B$84.09M7.22658MUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.32-0.2%N/A-5.8%$990.68M$6.39M0.00147,000BBDCBarings BDC2.5168 of 5 stars$9.25-0.7%$9.67+4.6%-7.7%$974.51M$111.33M8.8926Positive NewsShort Interest ↑AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.83flatN/A+2.1%$933.87M$152.17M0.00N/ANegative NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.33+0.7%N/A-7.6%$825.70M$186.46M0.00147,000PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.77+0.3%N/A-0.2%$817.16M$99.89M0.00147,000News CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$33.70+6.5%N/A+90.1%$725.36M$118.94M0.001,100High Trading VolumeCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.1845 of 5 stars$13.89-1.1%$14.75+6.2%-20.0%$707.79M$83.75M7.76N/ANews CoverageBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.02-0.5%N/A+26.8%$671.52M$142.41M0.002,719Short Interest ↑Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Competitors Barings BDC Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:IIF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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