EMD vs. OXLC, PUYI, DHF, AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, and AFB
Should you be buying Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Highest Performances (PUYI), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), and AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 95.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Lane Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Oxford Lane Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund.
6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oxford Lane Capital received 152 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital and Oxford Lane Capital both had 2 articles in the media. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund beats Oxford Lane Capital on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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