EMD vs. DHF, PUYI, OXLC, FSCO, RMGC, AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, and THW
Should you be buying Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund include BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Highest Performances (PUYI), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), RMG Acquisition Corp. III (RMGC), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), and Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 1 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's score of 0.16 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund received 102 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote while only 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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