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

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.0% of SURO Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of SURO Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SURO Capital	$1.69 million	219.51	$48.81 million	$6.98	2.04
India Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SURO Capital has higher revenue and earnings than India Fund.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SURO Capital and India Fund, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

SURO Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Given SURO Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than India Fund.

Dividends

SURO Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.1%. SURO Capital pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

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

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

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

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.

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.