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Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors

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IIF vs. PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, ASA, and NXP

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 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and Nuveen Sl Tfip (NXP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund vs. Its Competitors

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% 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
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 45.36%10.76%4.65%

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley India Investment FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital$84.09M12.37$91.84M$0.9011.65

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 5 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.60 indicating that Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus target price of $10.92, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 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)
0.00
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IIF vs. The Competition

MetricMorgan Stanley India Investment FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$270.02M$3.72B$12.08B$20.65B
Dividend Yield9.55%6.77%5.53%3.72%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0528.08
Price / SalesN/A18.8425.7238.45
Price / CashN/A17.7518.7118.22
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.61
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$998.26M$983.39M
7 Day Performance0.02%0.90%2.09%2.57%
1 Month Performance3.39%2.44%4.18%5.08%
1 Year Performance4.65%2.80%542.26%15.10%

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$28.25
-0.2%
N/A+4.6%$270.02MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3617 of 5 stars
$10.35
+1.0%
$10.92
+5.5%
-10.6%$1.03B$84.09M7.39658Dividend Announcement
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.2316 of 5 stars
$15.02
+0.5%
$16.50
+9.9%
-7.8%$969.14M$292.65M8.631,000
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.2063 of 5 stars
$9.16
+0.7%
$9.67
+5.5%
-7.0%$959.22M$286.17M9.7426
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.05
+0.5%
N/A+4.7%$948.53MN/A0.00N/APositive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.57
+0.3%
N/A-9.0%$836.48MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.80
+0.4%
N/A+0.1%$819.73MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.0405 of 5 stars
$13.68
-1.7%
$14.75
+7.8%
-22.6%$709.32M$232.59M10.13N/AHigh Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.39
+1.0%
N/A+31.0%$691.96MN/A0.002,719
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$31.45
+3.0%
N/A+67.6%$656.93MN/A0.001,100High Trading Volume
NXP
Nuveen Sl Tfip
N/A$14.01
+0.4%
N/A-3.2%$653.54MN/A0.0040,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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