IFN vs. PEO, BTO, MUJ, VGM, VKQ, VMO, DSU, MYD, NXP, and VCV
Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), and Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE:PEO) and The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Adams Natural Resources Fund received 32 more outperform votes than The India Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Adams Natural Resources Fund an outperform vote while only 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote.
33.5% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Adams Natural Resources Fund has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Adams Natural Resources Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The India Fund and 4 mentions for Adams Natural Resources Fund. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Adams Natural Resources Fund's score of 0.68 indicating that Adams Natural Resources Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Adams Natural Resources Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.
Summary
Adams Natural Resources Fund beats The India Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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