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CII vs MS

Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc. (CII) and Morgan Stanley (MS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CII and MS operate in Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MS is the larger of the two at $334.27B, about 92.3x CII ($3.62B).
  • Over the past year, CII is up 18.4% and MS is up 63.2% - MS leads by 44.8 points.
  • MS has been more active in the news (151 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for CII).
  • MS has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for CII).
PerformanceCII+18.35%MS+63.16%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricCIIMS
Company
BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Price
$24.44+0.37%
$215.15+1.48%
Market cap
$3.62B
$334.27B
1M return
-0.45%
+13.22%
1Y return
+18.35%
+63.16%
Industry
Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service
Investment Bankers/Brokers/Service
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2004
News (4w)
2
151
Recent ratings
0
25
CII

BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund Inc.

BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in public equity markets across the globe. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It also invests through derivatives, with an emphasis on writing call options. The fund was formerly known as Capital & Income Strategies Fund, Inc. BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund, Inc. was formed on April 30, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

MS

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides sales and trading services, such as sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services in equity and fixed income products consisting of foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, which provides secured lending facilities and financing for sales and trading customers, as well as asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers various financial services and solutions covering brokerage and investment advisory services; financial and wealth planning services; stock plan administration services; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; and banking and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides various investment strategies and products comprising equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative/other products to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and third-party fund sponsors and corporations through institutional and intermediary channels. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.