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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, BBDC or AEF?

Barings BDC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BBDC or AEF?

Barings BDC currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Is BBDC or AEF more profitable?

Barings BDC has a net margin of 39.59% compared to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 11.24% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings BDC	39.59%	11.24%	5.10%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 11.2%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Barings BDC pays out 96.3% 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBDC or AEF?

44.1% of Barings BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Barings BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$127.89M	7.65	$128M	$1.08	8.58
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$26.30M	10.21	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BBDC or AEF?

In the previous week, Barings BDC had 10 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Barings BDC and 2 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Barings BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's score of 0.84 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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

Summary

Barings BDC beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.