Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Competitors

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EMD or DHF?

33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, EMD or DHF?

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMD or DHF?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund received 102 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote while only 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	Outperform Votes 45 67.16%	Underperform Votes 22 32.84%
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	Outperform Votes 147 69.34%	Underperform Votes 65 30.66%

Does the media prefer EMD or DHF?

In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 3 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	Positive
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	Neutral

Is EMD or DHF a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EMD or DHF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	$71.45M	3.96	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$33.52M	5.56	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is EMD or DHF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.