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Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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$15.12 -0.15 (-0.98%)
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EMF vs. HQH, PHK, ASA, BTO, CGBD, PDT, DSU, PEO, CION, and ECC

Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Markets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund include abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), CION Investment (CION), and Eagle Point Credit (ECC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund vs. Its Competitors

abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%.

In the previous week, abrdn Healthcare Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn Healthcare Investors and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
abrdn Healthcare Investors Very Positive
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Neutral

32.6% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Templeton Emerging Markets FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A N/A N/A
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

abrdn Healthcare Investors beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMF vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Emerging Markets FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$229.37M$3.85B$12.43B$21.19B
Dividend Yield6.23%6.19%5.42%3.49%
P/E RatioN/AN/A228.8029.02
Price / SalesN/A20.2431.4349.81
Price / CashN/A18.0019.0618.29
Price / BookN/A1.152.294.57
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$999.06M
7 Day Performance-2.51%0.20%-0.16%-0.01%
1 Month Performance1.07%2.30%4.09%6.50%
1 Year Performance18.03%1.02%540.35%11.34%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$15.12
-1.0%
N/A+19.4%$229.37MN/A0.00N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.28
+0.6%
N/A-12.8%$871.49MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.92
+0.3%
N/A+2.2%$840.31MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$37.21
+1.7%
N/A+93.0%$787.79MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.21
+0.6%
N/A+12.7%$729.86MN/A0.002,719Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.5181 of 5 stars
$13.81
+0.8%
$15.10
+9.3%
-17.6%$698.11M$232.59M11.51N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.42
0.0%
N/A+2.1%$660.07MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.59
+0.0%
N/A-2.6%$576.84MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.67
+0.3%
N/A-6.0%$567.85MN/A0.0018Positive News
CION
CION Investment
0.9143 of 5 stars
$10.87
+1.3%
$10.75
-1.1%
-12.0%$558.89M$252.43M-57.18N/APositive News
Gap Down
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.5589 of 5 stars
$7.24
+2.8%
$8.67
+19.8%
-24.7%$541.72M$179.77M65.78N/A

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