Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors

Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to BBDC or AEF?

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 9 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Barings BDC and 1 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Barings BDC's score of 0.20 indicating that Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings BDC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBDC or AEF?

Barings BDC received 103 more outperform votes than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings BDC	Outperform Votes 103 57.87%	Underperform Votes 75 42.13%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BBDC or AEF?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBDC or AEF more profitable?

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 10.91% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings BDC	38.54%	10.91%	4.98%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend BBDC or AEF?

Barings BDC presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.36%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

Which has better earnings & valuation, BBDC or AEF?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings BDC	$286.17M	3.98	$128M	$1.04	10.38
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBDC or AEF?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBDC or AEF a better dividend stock?

Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 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.

Summary

Barings BDC beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.