EMF vs. CCAP, BTO, PHK, NXP, ECC, CION, PDT, MUJ, PEO, and ASA
Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Markets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund include Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund vs.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 47.06% compared to Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity.
Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund.
49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.96%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund.
In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 2 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of -0.04 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund received 95 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.
Summary
Crescent Capital BDC beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EMF) was last updated on 2/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
