AEF vs. BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, CGBD, PHK, NXP, PDT, BTO, and MUJ
Should you be buying Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund include Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund vs.
Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Barings BDC presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.
Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.
Barings BDC has a net margin of 38.54% compared to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.94% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.
Barings BDC has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barings BDC received 103 more outperform votes than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Barings BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
44.1% of Barings BDC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Barings BDC had 3 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Barings BDC and 1 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's score of 1.54 indicating that Barings BDC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Barings BDC beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AEF) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff