ZTR vs. IIF, MMT, RCS, PMM, BKT, NCA, FUND, RFI, ASG, and MQT
Should you be buying Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund include Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund and 2 mentions for Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's score of 0.30 indicating that Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund received 38 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund an outperform vote.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.
Summary
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund beats Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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