Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors $27.30 +0.11 (+0.40%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:50 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.14 -0.16 (-0.58%) As of 04:05 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock IIF vs. NMFC, HQH, AWF, BCSF, BBDC, PFLT, ASA, PHK, BTO, and PDTShould you be buying Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings Bdc (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund vs. Its Competitors New Mountain Finance abrdn Healthcare Investors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings Bdc PennantPark Floating Rate Capital ASA Gold and Precious Metals PIMCO High Income Fund John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IIF or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMorgan Stanley India Investment FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ANew Mountain Finance$371.67M2.64$113.44M$0.7612.16 Which has more risk and volatility, IIF or NMFC? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor IIF or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 1 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat New Mountain Finance's score of 0.25 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 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive New Mountain Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do analysts prefer IIF or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Mountain 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) 0.00New Mountain Finance 2 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.71 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IIF or NMFC? 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is IIF or NMFC a better dividend stock? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Is IIF or NMFC more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 23.27% compared to Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.43% 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 New Mountain Finance 23.27%10.43%4.32% SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$260.99M$4.11B$12.48B$21.77BDividend Yield9.94%6.04%5.61%3.63%P/E RatioN/AN/A21.1232.43Price / SalesN/A21.0029.9781.20Price / CashN/A16.4619.3418.06Price / BookN/A1.252.244.59Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B7 Day Performance2.29%-0.73%-0.62%-0.38%1 Month Performance-0.10%0.01%-2.24%-0.93%1 Year Performance-4.01%3.08%537.64%9.46% 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$27.30+0.4%N/A-4.0%$260.99MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓NMFCNew Mountain Finance3.0539 of 5 stars$9.39+0.4%$10.60+12.9%-20.8%$998.20M$89.05M12.35N/AHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$18.40+0.1%N/A+1.8%$990.79M$11.71M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.04-0.1%N/A-1.2%$951.55MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.4383 of 5 stars$13.84-0.9%$16.50+19.2%-16.5%$896.49M$125.44M8.331,000BBDCBarings Bdc3.253 of 5 stars$8.49-1.0%$9.67+13.9%-11.4%$892.27M$112.89M8.8426PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.6303 of 5 stars$8.84-0.1%$10.50+18.8%N/A$877.11M$186.35M10.52658Short Interest ↓ASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$46.40-1.0%N/A+120.9%$875.47MN/A0.001,100Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.99+0.3%N/A-4.5%$854.88MN/A0.00147,000BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.46-0.6%N/A-2.2%$699.90MN/A0.002,719Short Interest ↓PDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$13.38+0.1%N/A-1.3%$658.16MN/A0.00147,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New Mountain Finance Competitors abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Barings Bdc Competitors PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMove $1,000 into this stock before Nov 6The End of Tesla? 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