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

Which has better 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	3.90	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$33.52M	5.67	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor EMD or DHF?

In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's score of 0.46 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Neutral

Is EMD or DHF a better dividend stock?

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 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%.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Which has more volatility and risk, EMD or DHF?

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

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 9 factors compared between the two stocks.