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NYSE:IRL

The New Ireland Fund - IRL Competitors

$10.41
-0.01 (-0.10%)
(As of 02/27/2023)
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Today's Range
$10.40
$10.46
50-Day Range
$10.18
$10.74
52-Week Range
$6.45
$10.75
Volume
24,900 shs
Average Volume
12,361 shs
Market Capitalization
$37.79 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
1.92%
Price Target
N/A

IRL vs. CIF, MFV, VFL, CUBA, NOM, CEE, DDF, EQS, EEA, and CEV

Should you be buying The New Ireland Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The New Ireland Fund include MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), MFS Special Value Trust (MFV), Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA), Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (NOM), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund (DDF), Equus Total Return (EQS), The European Equity Fund (EEA), and Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

The New Ireland Fund vs.

The New Ireland Fund (NYSE:IRL) and MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The New Ireland FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The New Ireland Fund N/A N/A N/A
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The New Ireland Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

40.1% of The New Ireland Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of The New Ireland Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

The New Ireland Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.

The New Ireland Fund has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The New Ireland Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The New Ireland Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat The New Ireland Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that MFS Intermediate High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The New Ireland Fund Negative
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Positive

The New Ireland Fund received 89 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave The New Ireland Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The New Ireland FundOutperform Votes
90
64.75%
Underperform Votes
49
35.25%
MFS Intermediate High Income FundOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Summary

The New Ireland Fund beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IRL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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IRL vs. The Competition

MetricThe New Ireland FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.79M$5.62B$5.88B$14.36B
Dividend Yield1.92%7.20%8.51%3.93%
P/E RatioN/A1.06131.9719.82
Price / SalesN/A15.733,461.509.93
Price / CashN/A10.3031.4524.15
Price / BookN/A0.813.496.45
Net IncomeN/A$15.00M$649.23M$874.69M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.30%3.31%1.29%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.90%-5.56%-6.56%
1 Year Performance15.28%-15.33%39.85%-14.59%

The New Ireland Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIF
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$1.66
-1.2%
N/A-30.0%$32.20MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
MFV
MFS Special Value Trust
0 of 5 stars
$4.18
-0.5%
N/A-31.4%$30.51MN/A0.00N/A
VFL
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$10.29
-0.2%
N/A-16.4%$46.59MN/A0.00N/A
CUBA
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund
0 of 5 stars
$3.66
-2.4%
N/A-29.3%$24.57M$-5,603,287.000.00N/AShort Interest ↑
NOM
Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$10.27
-0.1%
N/A-24.9%$24.13MN/A0.00N/A
CEE
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund
0 of 5 stars
$7.98
+0.4%
N/A-21.4%$51.55MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
DDF
Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$7.24
-2.6%
N/A-33.0%$55.10MN/A0.00N/A
EQS
Equus Total Return
0 of 5 stars
$1.51
-3.2%
N/A-39.6%$20.42M$320,000.007.952,011
EEA
The European Equity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$8.31
+1.0%
N/A-8.6%$58.83MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
CEV
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
0 of 5 stars
$9.97
+0.3%
N/A-12.2%$70.09MN/A0.00N/A
This page (NYSE:IRL) was last updated on 3/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff