Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors

Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) and Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) are both small-cap finance 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BCSF or AEF?

73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BCSF or AEF a better dividend stock?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bain Capital Specialty Finance has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Bain Capital Specialty Finance is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer BCSF or AEF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.74%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, BCSF or AEF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BCSF or AEF?

In the previous week, Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund and 2 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's score of 1.52 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BCSF or AEF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$292.65M	3.46	$119.42M	$1.66	9.40
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	$20.73M	11.95	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is BCSF or AEF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 37.90% compared to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity of 11.41% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	37.90%	11.41%	4.92%
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.