IIF vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, VPV, and JOF
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 abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund had 4 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of -0.16 indicating that abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of abrdn National Municipal Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund received 85 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.
Summary
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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