EMF vs. OXSQ, NPV, VTN, BKN, VBF, TDF, TSI, MQT, MVT, and MPV
Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Markets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund include Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), and Barings Participation Investors (MPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
6.4% of Oxford Square Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Oxford Square Capital 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.
Oxford Square Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund.
In the previous week, Oxford Square Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oxford Square Capital and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Oxford Square Capital'saverage media sentiment score.
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund received 35 more outperform votes than Oxford Square Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Oxford Square Capital an outperform vote.
Oxford Square Capital has a net margin of 18.57% compared to Oxford Square Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's return on equity of 17.71% beat Oxford Square Capital's return on equity.
Oxford Square Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Oxford Square Capital pays out 247.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Oxford Square Capital has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oxford Square Capital beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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