MSD vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, and VPV
Should you be buying Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), and Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:MSD) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund received 128 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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