EMD vs. DHF, PUYI, OXLC, FSCO, RMGC, AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, and THW 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 BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Highest Performances (PUYI), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), RMG Acquisition Corp. III (RMGC), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), and Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF ) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 1 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's score of -0.33 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund received 102 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote while only 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote.
Summary BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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