Compare Stocks: PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$9.60 +2.8%	$9.40	$6.26 ▼ $10.14	$389.77M	1.02	163,469 shs	79,312 shs
GLAD Gladstone Capital	$19.15 -1.3%	$19.53	$16.54 ▼ $21.90	$432.66M	0.94	150,715 shs	151,293 shs
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	$11.38 +0.3%	$11.79	$11.33 ▼ $12.95	$108.24M	0.5	20,974 shs	8,987 shs
VALU Value Line	$40.50 +2.3%	$37.86	$32.00 ▼ $41.18	$379.98M	1.01	3,961 shs	1,109 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	0.00%	-1.44%	-0.41%	+4.46%	+46.56%
GLAD Gladstone Capital	0.00%	-1.08%	-4.77%	-2.00%	-11.30%
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	0.00%	-0.96%	-3.89%	-6.24%	-11.43%
VALU Value Line	0.00%	+0.85%	+6.30%	+3.82%	+4.14%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$9.60 +2.8%	$9.40	$6.26 ▼ $10.14	$389.77M	1.02	163,469 shs	79,312 shs
GLAD Gladstone Capital	$19.15 -1.3%	$19.53	$16.54 ▼ $21.90	$432.66M	0.94	150,715 shs	151,293 shs
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	$11.38 +0.3%	$11.79	$11.33 ▼ $12.95	$108.24M	0.5	20,974 shs	8,987 shs
VALU Value Line	$40.50 +2.3%	$37.86	$32.00 ▼ $41.18	$379.98M	1.01	3,961 shs	1,109 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	0.00%	-1.44%	-0.41%	+4.46%	+46.56%
GLAD Gladstone Capital	0.00%	-1.08%	-4.77%	-2.00%	-11.30%
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	0.00%	-0.96%	-3.89%	-6.24%	-11.43%
VALU Value Line	0.00%	+0.85%	+6.30%	+3.82%	+4.14%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
GLAD Gladstone Capital	2.40	Hold	$21.67	13.14% Upside
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
VALU Value Line	2.00	Hold	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
9/29/2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/26/2026	VALU Value Line	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)

(Data available from 10/4/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$197.03M	1.98	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
GLAD Gladstone Capital	$89.12M	4.85	$4.01 per share	4.78	$21.59 per share	0.89
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VALU Value Line	$33.45M	11.36	$2.44 per share	16.58	$11.49 per share	3.52

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GLAD Gladstone Capital	$58.11M	$2.06	9.30	9.67	N/A	50.48%	9.67%	5.00%	11/16/2026 (Estimated)
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VALU Value Line	$21.63M	$2.11	19.19	N/A	N/A	60.27%	18.43%	13.14%	N/A

Latest PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/14/2026	Q1 2027	VALU Value Line	N/A	$0.50	N/A	$0.50	N/A	$8.05 million
8/4/2026	Q3 2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	$0.4760	$0.49	+$0.0140	$0.56	$24.90 million	$24.50 million
7/29/2026	Q4 2026	VALU Value Line	N/A	$0.38	N/A	$0.38	N/A	$8.01 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$0.88	9.17%	N/A	N/A	N/A
GLAD Gladstone Capital	$1.80	9.40%	+8.89%	87.38%	4 Years
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	$0.63	5.54%	N/A	N/A	N/A
VALU Value Line	$1.40	3.46%	+9.37%	66.35%	11 Years

Latest PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/11/2026	PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	monthly	$0.0525	5.38%	11/20/2026	11/20/2026	11/30/2026
9/11/2026	PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	monthly	$0.0525	5.38%	10/23/2026	10/23/2026	10/30/2026
9/11/2026	AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	quarterly	$0.26	10.58%	9/22/2026	9/22/2026	9/30/2026
7/14/2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	monthly	$0.15	9.33%	9/21/2026	9/21/2026	9/30/2026
9/11/2026	PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	monthly	$0.0525	5.45%	9/23/2026	9/23/2026	9/30/2026
8/31/2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	special	$0.18		9/10/2026	9/10/2026	9/16/2026
7/14/2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	monthly	$0.15	9.25%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	8/31/2026
7/17/2026	VALU Value Line	quarterly	$0.35	3.68%	7/27/2026	7/27/2026	8/11/2026
7/14/2026	GLAD Gladstone Capital	monthly	$0.15	9.58%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	7/31/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
GLAD Gladstone Capital	N/A	0.03	0.03
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
VALU Value Line	N/A	4.09	4.09

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	73.93%
GLAD Gladstone Capital	10.72%
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	18.99%
VALU Value Line	6.26%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	16.70%
GLAD Gladstone Capital	3.84%
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	1.00%
VALU Value Line	0.03%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEF Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	40.60 million	42.28 million	Not Optionable
GLAD Gladstone Capital	65	22.59 million	21.73 million	Optionable
PAI Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund	204,000	9.51 million	9.42 million	Not Optionable
VALU Value Line	106	9.38 million	9.38 million	Not Optionable

PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU Headlines

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Value Line Reports Fiscal 2026 Results, Raises Quarterly Dividend for Twelfth Straight Year

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Value Line Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend and Renews $2 Million Share Repurchase Program

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PAI, GLAD, AEF, and VALU Company Descriptions

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund NYSE:AEF

$9.60 +0.26 (+2.78%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$9.56 -0.04 (-0.36%)

As of 10/2/2026 04:15 PM Eastern

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Inc is a closed ended balanced mutual fund and managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of Chile. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up security selection approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI Chile Index. It conducts in-house research to create its portfolio. The fund was formerly known as Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Inc was formed on January 30, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.

Gladstone Capital NASDAQ:GLAD

$19.15 -0.26 (-1.34%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$19.18 +0.03 (+0.16%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Gladstone Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in lower middle market, growth capital, add on acquisitions, change of control, buy & build strategies, debt refinancing, debt investments in senior term loans, revolving loans, secured first and second lien term loans, senior subordinated loans, unitranche loans, junior subordinated loans, and mezzanine loans and equity investments in the form of common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or warrants. It operates as a business development company. The fund also makes private equity investments in acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations, and refinancing existing debts. It targets small and medium-sized companies in United States. It is industry agnostic and seeks to invest in companies engaged in the business services, light and specialty manufacturing, niche industrial products and services, specialty consumer products and services, energy services, transportation and logistics, healthcare and education services, specialty chemicals, media and communications and aerospace and defense. The fund seeks to invest between $7 million and $30 million in companies that have between $20 million and $150 million in sales and EBITDA between $3 million and $25 million. It prefers to acquire minority stakes. It seeks to exit its investments through strategic acquisitions by other industry participants or financial buyers, initial public offerings of common stock, or other capital market transactions.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund NYSE:PAI

$11.38 +0.03 (+0.26%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$11.38 +0.00 (+0.01%)

As of 10/2/2026 05:00 PM Eastern

Western Asset Income Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Western Asset Management Company. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company Limited. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in investment grade debt, including government securities, bank debt, commercial paper, and cash or cash equivalents. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index and the Barclays U.S. Credit Index. Western Asset Income Fund was formed on March 22, 1973 and is domiciled in the United States.

Value Line NASDAQ:VALU

$40.50 +0.90 (+2.27%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$40.47 -0.03 (-0.09%)

As of 10/2/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Value Line, Inc. produces and sells investment periodicals and related publications. Its investment periodicals and related publications cover a range of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and options. The company's research services include The Value Line Investment Survey, The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap, The Value Line 600, and The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus that provide statistical and text coverage of various investment securities, with an emphasis placed on its proprietary research, analysis, and statistical ranks. It also provides niche newsletters comprising Value Line Select: Dividend Income & Growth, Value Line Select: ETFs, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line M&A Service, The Value Line Climate Change Investing Service, and The Value Line Information You Should Know Wealth Newsletter that offer information on a less comprehensive basis for securities that are of particular interest to subscribers; digital versions of its products through its Website, www.valueline.com; The Value Line Research Center online platform; and investment analysis software, such as The Value Line Investment Analyzer and The New Value Line ETFs Service. In addition, the company offers current and historical financial databases comprising fundamental DataFile, estimates and projections, and mutual funds; and copyright products, which include unit investment trusts, variable annuities, managed accounts, and ETFs. Further, it operates as publishing unit for the investment related periodical publications and copyrights; places advertising on behalf of the company's publications; and distributes print publications. It serves individual and professional investors, as well as institutions, including municipal and university libraries, and investment firms. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Value Line, Inc. is a subsidiary of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.

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