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JEQ vs. PMO, RFI, PMM, OIA, RCS, HCAI, MQT, VTN, FUND, and MHF

Should you be buying Abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund include Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Huachen AI Parking Management Technology (HCAI), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund vs.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (NYSE:PMO) and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust$69.50M4.44N/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund$19.55M4.44N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and 2 mentions for Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Abrdn Japan Equity Fund's score of 0.34 indicating that Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Abrdn Japan Equity Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Putnam Municipal Opportunities TrustOutperform Votes
122
67.40%
Underperform Votes
59
32.60%
Abrdn Japan Equity FundOutperform Votes
49
66.22%
Underperform Votes
25
33.78%

20.4% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are held by company 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.

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%.

Summary

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and Abrdn Japan Equity Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JEQ vs. The Competition

MetricAbrdn Japan Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$86.83M$7.45B$10.87B$18.42B
Dividend Yield7.38%7.07%5.76%4.17%
P/E RatioN/A3.5021.5531.09
Price / Sales4.4424.1925.5126.53
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.52
Price / BookN/A0.872.504.30
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.16%0.09%0.85%0.20%
1 Month Performance-6.90%-5.29%-3.80%-7.44%
1 Year Performance7.55%0.20%535.48%1.71%

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEQ
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund
N/A$6.27
+0.8%
N/A+7.5%$86.83M$19.55M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$9.78
-2.3%
N/A-1.3%$310.95M$69.50M0.00801News Coverage
Positive News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$10.93
-3.2%
N/A+6.7%$291.61M$17.51M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
PMM
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
N/A$5.92
-2.4%
N/A-0.8%$274.64M$67.33M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
OIA
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust
N/A$5.76
-2.7%
N/A-7.4%$274.36M$33.67M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$5.69
-1.2%
N/A-4.4%$262.14M$28.89M0.00N/ANews Coverage
HCAI
Huachen AI Parking Management Technology
N/A$7.04
-5.8%
N/AN/A$221.76M$53.68M0.0073
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$9.72
-1.8%
N/A-4.7%$218.87M$10.00M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
VTN
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
N/A$10.18
-1.7%
N/A-4.8%$198.27M$19.37M0.00N/APositive News
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$6.47
-2.3%
N/A-8.5%$192.84M$2.30M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
MHF
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
N/A$7.20
-1.6%
N/A+2.8%$155.93M$18.42M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:JEQ) was last updated on 4/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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