Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF) Competitors $27.07 +0.28 (+1.03%) Closing price 08/15/2025 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.08 +0.01 (+0.03%) As of 08/15/2025 04:04 PM 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. PFLT, BBDC, BCSF, AWF, HQH, PHK, ASA, CGBD, 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 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), 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), 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 PennantPark Floating Rate Capital BARINGS BDC Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IIF or PFLT? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 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/APennantPark Floating Rate Capital$89.89M11.29$91.84M$0.8412.18 Does the media refer more to IIF or PFLT? In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 15 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 1 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Negative PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Positive Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IIF or PFLT? 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate IIF or PFLT? PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $10.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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) 0.00PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Is IIF or PFLT a better dividend stock? Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 146.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Which has more risk and volatility, IIF or PFLT? 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 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is IIF or PFLT more profitable? 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% SummaryPennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 13 of the 15 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 FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$259.21M$3.96B$12.40B$20.91BDividend Yield9.95%6.49%5.55%3.62%P/E RatioN/AN/A19.5728.08Price / SalesN/A17.3126.1974.32Price / CashN/A17.8221.7723.73Price / BookN/A1.132.285.26Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.11M7 Day Performance1.14%0.53%1.21%1.80%1 Month Performance-2.60%1.74%0.82%0.81%1 Year Performance-0.01%1.67%543.13%13.44% 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$27.07+1.0%N/A0.0%$259.21MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital3.8666 of 5 stars$10.26-2.0%$10.96+6.8%-6.9%$1.02B$84.09M7.32658News CoverageAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓BBDCBARINGS BDC2.9901 of 5 stars$9.65+0.4%$9.67+0.2%-4.3%$1.02B$286.17M10.0426News CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.0684 of 5 stars$15.13+0.2%$16.50+9.1%-8.2%$980.83M$292.65M9.111,000News CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$11.14-0.2%N/A+1.5%$960.60MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsHQHabrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.78+0.8%N/A-14.5%$849.91MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageDividend CutShort Interest ↑PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.88+0.3%N/A+1.6%$836.01MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$35.20-0.1%N/A+81.0%$757.50MN/A0.001,100News CoveragePositive NewsInsider TradeShort Interest ↑CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending2.3498 of 5 stars$13.91+0.6%$15.10+8.6%-18.5%$708.55M$232.59M11.59N/ANews CoverageAnalyst RevisionBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$35.05+2.2%N/A+11.8%$691.89MN/A0.002,719News CoverageUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑PDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$13.38+0.5%N/A+8.0%$658.16MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Competitors BARINGS BDC Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 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 8/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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