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

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SURO Capital and India Fund”s gross 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	212.26	$48.81 million	$6.98	1.97
India Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SURO Capital has higher revenue and earnings than India Fund.

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

Dividends

SURO Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. India Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.4%. SURO Capital pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Volatility and Risk

SURO Capital has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, India Fund has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets 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 target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Given SURO Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SURO Capital is more favorable than India Fund.

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.