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The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (HERZ) Competitors

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$2.50 -0.06 (-2.34%)
As of 07/11/2025 03:48 PM Eastern

HERZ vs. MSD, NNY, BANX, JHS, GGT, ECF, NAZ, CXE, KF, and GECC

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 Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (MSD), Nuveen New York Municipal Valu (NNY), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Gabelli Multimedia Trust (GGT), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), The Korea Fund (KF), and Great Elm Capital Group (GECC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund vs. Its Competitors

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:MSD) and The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (NASDAQ:HERZ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund and 0 mentions for Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

15.7% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 41.8% of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt FundN/A N/A N/A
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund beats Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HERZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HERZ vs. The Competition

MetricThe Herzfeld Caribbean Basin FundInvestment Trusts & Mutual Funds IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$40.24M$148.14M$6.13B$9.10B
Dividend Yield18.16%9.07%4.21%4.00%
P/E RatioN/A1.0213.2820.27
Price / SalesN/AN/A1,742.0898.72
Price / CashN/AN/A128.0758.16
Price / BookN/AN/A1.915.49
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.23B$250.45M
7 Day Performance-0.99%-0.02%11.19%4.78%
1 Month Performance1.63%0.45%6.87%7.67%
1 Year Performance3.31%2.31%17.52%16.43%

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HERZ
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund
N/A$2.50
-2.3%
N/A+5.0%$40.24MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MSD
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund
N/A$7.66
-1.0%
N/A+0.8%$156.90MN/A0.00N/A
NNY
Nuveen New York Municipal Valu
N/A$8.09
flat
N/A-4.0%$152.84MN/A0.00N/A
BANX
ArrowMark Financial
N/A$20.61
-1.5%
N/A+11.9%$149.16MN/A0.0015,600News Coverage
Positive News
JHS
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
N/A$11.25
-0.7%
N/A+0.5%$142.33MN/A0.00N/A
GGT
Gabelli Multimedia Trust
N/A$4.26
flat
N/A-15.4%$142.11MN/A0.00N/APositive News
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/A$10.26
-0.3%
N/A+24.2%$140.39M$26.44M0.00N/A
NAZ
Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.92
+1.4%
N/A+2.5%$136.24MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
CXE
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
N/A$3.58
-0.3%
N/A-5.7%$133.57MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
KF
The Korea Fund
N/A$26.41
-3.6%
N/A+5.2%$132.48MN/A0.00N/A
GECC
Great Elm Capital Group
1.8769 of 5 stars
$10.93
flat
N/A+9.3%$126.18M$39.32M27.33N/APositive News

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