Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AEF or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital 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
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$26.30M	9.82	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	$114.06M	8.52	$91.84M	$1.40	7.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AEF or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital received 253 more outperform votes than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Outperform Votes 253 49.71%	Underperform Votes 256 50.29%

Do analysts recommend AEF or PFLT?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Given PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is more favorable than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
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
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is AEF or PFLT a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital pays out 87.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AEF or PFLT?

73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer AEF or PFLT?

In the previous week, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PennantPark Floating Rate Capital and 1 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's score of 0.96 indicating that Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	Positive
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	Positive

Is AEF or PFLT more profitable?

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a net margin of 45.36% compared to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's return on equity of 10.76% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	45.36%	10.76%	4.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, AEF or PFLT?

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.