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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, EMD or DHF?

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, indicating 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, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and 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	3.86	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$24.77M	7.60	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EMD or DHF?

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

Does the media refer more to EMD or DHF?

In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund both had 2 articles in the media. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's score of 0.15 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 10.5%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Summary

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.