Contrasting India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS)

India Fund (NYSE:IFN) and SURO Capital (NASDAQ:SSSS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

India Fund has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SURO Capital has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.7%. SURO Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. SURO Capital pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.8% of India Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of SURO Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of SURO Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for India Fund and SURO Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
India Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00
SURO Capital	0	0	5	1	3.17

SURO Capital has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Given SURO Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than India Fund.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares India Fund and SURO Capital”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
India Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SURO Capital	$1.69 million	215.96	$48.81 million	$6.98	2.01

SURO Capital has higher revenue and earnings than India Fund.

Profitability

This table compares India Fund and SURO Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
India Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
SURO Capital	10,695.73%	-6.61%	-5.13%

Summary

SURO Capital beats India Fund on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About India Fund

The India Fund, Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited. The fund invests in public equity markets of India. It seeks to invest in stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The fund employs a quantitative and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking and asset allocation approach to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the IFC Investable India Index. The India Fund, Inc. was formed on December 27, 1993 and is domiciled in the Singapore.

About SURO Capital

SuRo Capital Corp. is a business development company. The firm seeks to invest in growth capital, late stage and venture capital-backed private companies. SuRo Capital Corp. was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional office in New York, New York.