In plain terms — Aberdeen India Fund
Shares currently cost about 11.1% less than the value of the assets behind them (a discount).
Over the past year it has averaged a 6.8% discount, so today's level is somewhat wide for this fund (Z-score -1.8). That describes the past; it does not predict where the discount goes next.
It pays regular distributions worth about 13.8% a year of the share price (12.3% of the assets). That is a payout rate, not a return: part of it may be capital being handed back, and a one-off special payment in the last year is excluded from the regular rate.
Because the shares trade below the value of their assets, each dollar of reinvested distributions buys about $1.12 of assets — a ReinvestCapture™ rate of 15.6%, more than the payout rate itself. That is buying power, not a return.
The assets themselves fell 11.4% over the past year including distributions (NAV total return).
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Price and NAV, past year
Snapshot
Valuation vs. history
| Window | Average prem/disc | Std. dev. | Z-score | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | -9.81% | 1.07% | -1.79 | 55 |
| 6 months | -8.57% | 1.84% | -1.72 | 107 |
| 1 year | -6.80% | 2.67% | -1.85 | 205 |
| 3 years | -4.68% | — | — | — |
| 5 years | -5.23% | — | — | — |
Current contemporaneous premium/discount -11.73% (close Oct 14, 2026 vs NAV Oct 13, 2026). 1-year range -12.36% to -0.51%. A negative Z-score means a wider discount than the window average — not that the fund is undervalued.
Performance
| Series | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y (ann.) | 5Y (ann.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market price return | -5.66% | -8.77% | -23.34% | -28.21% | -15.09% | -14.49% |
| Market price total return | -5.66% | -5.81% | -15.45% | -15.80% | -3.25% | -1.33% |
| NAV return | -3.06% | -4.75% | -19.06% | -23.88% | -10.00% | -14.11% |
| NAV total return | -3.06% | -1.95% | -11.18% | -11.40% | +1.98% | -1.53% |
Through Oct 14, 2026. Total return reinvests distributions at the series value on the ex-date. Cumulative ≤ 1 year, annualised beyond.
About the fund
The Aberdeen India Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment vehicle focused on equities, with its management entrusted to Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited. This fund primarily directs its capital towards India's publicly traded stock markets, seeking out investment opportunities in companies across the entire market capitalization spectrum, including small, mid, and large-sized enterprises. Its investment methodology combines rigorous quantitative analysis with in-depth fundamental research, adopting a bottom-up stock selection process and strategic asset allocation to build its portfolio. Formed on December 27, 1993, and legally registered in Singapore, the fund's performance is gauged against the IFC Investable India Index.
CEF Explorer research page for Aberdeen India Fund, Inc.. Figures carry their own dates and sources; a discount to NAV does not guarantee convergence or any return. This is not investment advice.