India Fund screens as a weak-quality holding: soft fundamentals (Piotroski 2/9, no moat) combine with a confirmed technical downtrend and a hard death-cross block, leaving the engine unable to identify a favorable risk/reward setup.
Thesis pillars
- Weak Piotroski Quality→Stable
- Confirmed Technical Downtrend→Stable
- Declining Revenue Base→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
India Fund, Inc. (The) (IFN) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Aberdeen 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... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 73. Score 3.9/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-07Recent Developments — India Fund, Inc. (The)
Latest news
- NEWS 'India Plans to Cut Reliance on Middle East Oil After War Shock' - Bloomberg — benzinga Jun 30, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-07-07T11:31:43Z.
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Revenue shrinking — -16.0% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.73: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.9/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 73. Prior stop was $11.35. Score 3.9/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $11.60 (-1.1% upside). Prior stop was $11.35. Stop-loss: $11.35.
Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0).
India Fund, Inc. (The) trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -7.5). TrendMatrix value score: 5.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
What does India Fund, Inc. (The) do?Aberdeen India Fund, Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments...
Aberdeen 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. Aberdeen India Fund, Inc. was formed on December 27, 1993 and is domiciled in the Singapore.