Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) and PIMCO High Income Fund (NYSE:PHK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media prefer AEF or PHK?

In the previous week, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat PIMCO High Income Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	Very Positive
PIMCO High Income Fund	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, AEF or PHK?

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO High Income Fund has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AEF or PHK?

PIMCO High Income Fund received 175 more outperform votes than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	Outperform Votes 175 70.56%	Underperform Votes 73 29.44%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AEF or PHK?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$20.73M	10.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	$99.89M	8.18	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AEF or PHK more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO High Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AEF or PHK a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. PIMCO High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AEF or PHK?

73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of PIMCO High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund beats PIMCO High Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.