Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF) Competitors $5.49 +0.04 (+0.73%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.48 -0.01 (-0.18%) As of 05/21/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock AEF vs. HQH, PHK, CGBD, BTO, NXP, CCAP, ASA, PDT, ECC, and MUJShould you be buying Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund include Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund vs. Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Crescent Capital BDC ASA Gold and Precious Metals John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Eagle Point Credit BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Is AEF or HQH 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 8.2%. Abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AEF or HQH? Abrdn Healthcare Investors received 123 more outperform votes than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAbrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundN/AN/AAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsOutperform Votes12365.08% Underperform Votes6634.92% Is AEF or HQH more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundN/A N/A N/A Abrdn Healthcare Investors N/A N/A N/A Does the media refer more to AEF or HQH? In the previous week, Abrdn Healthcare Investors had 5 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Abrdn Healthcare Investors and 0 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's score of 1.67 indicating that Abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Very Positive Abrdn Healthcare Investors Very Positive Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AEF or HQH? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAbrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund$20.73M10.75N/AN/AN/AAbrdn Healthcare Investors$186.46M4.63N/AN/AN/A Do insiders & institutionals believe in AEF or HQH? 73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, AEF or HQH? Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAbrdn Healthcare Investors beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AEF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart AEF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAbrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$222.90M$1.20B$11.49B$19.41BDividend Yield8.26%4.41%5.45%3.83%P/E RatioN/A21.7622.4834.23Price / Sales10.752,409.5227.2834.85Price / CashN/A60.4617.6217.51Price / BookN/A1.152.794.69Net IncomeN/A$263.32M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance0.73%0.22%-0.01%-1.74%1 Month Performance11.36%18.14%6.70%7.46%1 Year Performance3.00%2.34%537.71%3.96% Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AEFAbrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income FundN/A$5.49+0.7%N/A+2.4%$222.90M$20.73M0.00N/APositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.38-1.5%N/A-7.5%$828.40M$186.46M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend IncreasePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.77-0.2%N/A-1.7%$815.81M$99.89M0.00147,000CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.6604 of 5 stars$14.24+1.7%$14.75+3.6%-22.5%$725.63M$83.75M7.96N/APositive NewsBTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$34.56+0.4%N/A+17.5%$682.28M$142.41M0.002,719NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.21+0.1%N/A-2.9%$665.24M$75.19M0.0040,400News CoverageCCAPCrescent Capital BDC2.3163 of 5 stars$16.87+2.8%$18.38+8.9%-14.1%$625.20M$83.50M8.48N/ADividend AnnouncementASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$29.04+1.9%N/A+58.2%$625.06M$118.94M0.001,100Positive NewsPDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.54-1.8%N/A+7.4%$616.78M$198.30M0.00147,000News CoverageECCEagle Point Credit3.4469 of 5 stars$7.82-1.0%$10.33+32.1%-26.8%$601.73M$97.61M9.31N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.06-0.1%N/A-4.0%$597.09M$12.23M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HQH Alternatives PHK Alternatives CGBD Alternatives BTO Alternatives NXP Alternatives CCAP Alternatives ASA Alternatives PDT Alternatives ECC Alternatives MUJ Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AEF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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