BEMO vs. BIPS, AAIF, AUSC, BGEU, EAT, CTUK, HINT, MWY, NBLS, and CTPE
Should you be buying Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities include Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), European Assets Trust (EAT), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Henderson International Income (HINT), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), and CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities vs. Its Competitors
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) and Invesco Bond Income Plus (LON:BIPS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Invesco Bond Income Plus had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Invesco Bond Income Plus and 0 mentions for Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Invesco Bond Income Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Invesco Bond Income Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Invesco Bond Income Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invesco Bond Income Plus pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
55.2% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Invesco Bond Income Plus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Invesco Bond Income Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco Bond Income Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invesco Bond Income Plus has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco Bond Income Plus has a net margin of 157.83% compared to Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' net margin of 93.50%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat Invesco Bond Income Plus' return on equity.
Summary
Invesco Bond Income Plus beats Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BEMO) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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