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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The New Ireland Fund Competitors List
