Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) Competitors

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) and abrdn European Logistics Income (LON:ASLI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is BEMO or ASLI more profitable?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a net margin of 93.50% compared to abrdn European Logistics Income's net margin of -166.76%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat abrdn European Logistics Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	93.50%	15.45%	0.30%
abrdn European Logistics Income	-166.76%	-17.66%	1.88%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BEMO or ASLI?

55.2% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BEMO or ASLI?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than abrdn European Logistics Income. abrdn European Logistics Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	£13.48M	5.53	£12.61M	£104.51	5.98
abrdn European Logistics Income	£47.93M	5.92	-£79.93M	-£13.43	-4.27

Does the media prefer BEMO or ASLI?

In the previous week, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn European Logistics Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	Neutral
abrdn European Logistics Income	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BEMO or ASLI?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn European Logistics Income has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEMO or ASLI?

abrdn European Logistics Income received 26 more outperform votes than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	N/A	N/A
abrdn European Logistics Income	Outperform Votes 26 59.09%	Underperform Votes 18 40.91%

Is BEMO or ASLI a better dividend stock?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. abrdn European Logistics Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn European Logistics Income pays out -37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. abrdn European Logistics Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities and abrdn European Logistics Income tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.