CUBA vs. CEE, EEA, CIF, NOM, EQS, VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, and LEO
Should you be buying The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund include The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), The European Equity Fund (EEA), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (NOM), Equus Total Return (EQS), abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (NASDAQ:CUBA) and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
15.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund and 1 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Central and Eastern Europe Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund received 20 more outperform votes than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.64% of users gave The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund an outperform vote while only 70.75% of users gave The Central and Eastern Europe Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund beats The Central and Eastern Europe Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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