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Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors

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$4.84 +0.01 (+0.21%)
Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$4.86 +0.02 (+0.31%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barings BDC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC$123.59M7.40$110.29M$1.048.34
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund$20.73M9.48N/AN/AN/A

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barings BDC38.54% 10.94% 4.95%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barings BDCOutperform Votes
103
57.54%
Underperform Votes
76
42.46%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundN/AN/A

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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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AEF vs. The Competition

MetricAbrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$196.51M$1.10B$10.87B$18.42B
Dividend Yield9.32%4.37%5.77%4.17%
P/E RatioN/A23.5921.5631.09
Price / Sales9.482,232.9925.5126.53
Price / CashN/A61.1417.6217.52
Price / BookN/A1.102.504.30
Net IncomeN/A$262.41M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.21%2.54%1.82%1.42%
1 Month Performance-6.20%1.33%-4.03%-7.92%
1 Year Performance-0.21%1.24%535.48%1.71%

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$4.84
+0.2%
N/A-0.4%$196.51M$20.73M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.2518 of 5 stars
$8.24
+1.0%
$10.00
+21.4%
-5.7%$872.79M$123.59M7.9626News Coverage
Positive News
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.01
+2.8%
N/A+0.9%$863.59M$152.17M0.00N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
2.0238 of 5 stars
$9.63
+2.7%
$12.00
+24.7%
-14.3%$849.57M$114.06M6.90658Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$14.71
+3.2%
N/A-4.5%$745.66M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.0267 of 5 stars
$14.16
+1.8%
$17.00
+20.1%
-12.6%$722.32M$99.28M7.92N/APositive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.62
+4.2%
N/A-4.0%$677.30M$99.89M0.00147,000
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$13.91
-0.4%
N/A-1.9%$648.58M$75.19M0.0040,400Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.00
+2.6%
N/A+13.2%$592.93M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$29.89
+3.4%
N/A+12.2%$589.99M$142.41M0.002,719Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$10.91
-0.6%
N/A-3.0%$589.85M$29.93M0.00N/AEx-Dividend

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