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$7.50 -0.01 (-0.13%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$7.50 0.00 (-0.07%)
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JEQ vs. PPT, RCS, RFI, PMO, PMM, FUND, TOYO, PIM, MHF, and DMF

Should you be buying abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Japan Equity Fund include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Putnam Mun Oppo (PMO), Putnam Managed (PMM), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), TOYO (TOYO), Putnam Mast Int (PIM), Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF), and BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

abrdn Japan Equity Fund vs. Its Competitors

Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) and abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 52.1% of abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, abrdn Japan Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn Japan Equity Fund and 0 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. abrdn Japan Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Putnam Premier Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Japan Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Putnam Premier Income Trust Neutral
abrdn Japan Equity Fund Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Putnam Premier Income TrustN/A N/A N/A
abrdn Japan Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Putnam Premier Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
abrdn Japan Equity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.

Summary

abrdn Japan Equity Fund beats Putnam Premier Income Trust 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JEQ vs. The Competition

Metricabrdn Japan Equity FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$104M$3.76B$12.04B$20.68B
Dividend Yield4.66%6.66%5.62%3.67%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7429.07
Price / SalesN/A23.2325.9266.27
Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.84
Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-1.32%-0.25%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance0.40%-0.89%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance32.98%0.83%537.06%10.15%

abrdn Japan Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEQ
abrdn Japan Equity Fund
N/A$7.50
-0.1%
N/A+26.5%$104MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.62
-0.1%
N/A+0.3%$348.49M$22.60M0.00N/APositive News
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$6.97
+0.1%
N/A+5.4%$324.71M$28.89M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.00
+0.4%
N/A-5.0%$318.97MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
PMO
Putnam Mun Oppo
N/A$9.76
flat
N/A-6.7%$310.48M$10.75M0.00801Short Interest ↑
PMM
Putnam Managed
N/A$5.82
-0.7%
N/A-7.1%$272.09M$12.17M0.00N/A
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$7.72
+0.7%
N/A-4.3%$228.60MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
TOYO
TOYO
N/A$3.58
-3.2%
N/A+109.6%$170.55M$176.96M0.00N/ANews Coverage
PIM
Putnam Mast Int
N/A$3.32
-0.9%
N/A+0.6%$161.93MN/A0.00N/A
MHF
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund
N/A$6.77
-0.4%
N/A-2.7%$147.27MN/A0.00N/A
DMF
BNY Mellon Municipal Income
N/A$6.98
flat
N/AN/A$144.88M-$1.00M0.002,600

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