BEMO vs. AAIF, DIG, ANII, NESF, PCFT, BGEU, HINT, NBLS, CTPE, and NCYF
Should you be buying Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities include abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), Henderson International Income (HINT), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), and CQS New City High Yield (NCYF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities vs. Its Competitors
abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) and Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
6.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 136.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a net margin of 93.50% compared to abrdn Asian Income Fund's net margin of 85.32%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity.
abrdn Asian Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asian Income Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
abrdn Asian Income Fund and Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BEMO) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
