IIF vs. EMD, VTN, VBF, DHF, SPE, BANX, OFS, JHI, PUYI, and OXLC
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 Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Special Opportunities Fund (SPE), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), OFS Capital (OFS), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Highest Performances (PUYI), and Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC).
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of -0.21 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund received 40 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund an outperform vote.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%.
Summary
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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