AEF vs. NMFC, HQH, AWF, BCSF, BBDC, ASA, PFLT, PHK, BTO, and PDT
Should 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 New Mountain Finance (NMFC), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund vs. Its Competitors
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (NYSE:AEF) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.
73.9% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 3 more articles in the media than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund. Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat New Mountain Finance's score of 0.25 indicating that Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 23.27% compared to Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 10.43% beat Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund's return on equity.
New Mountain Finance has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Mountain Finance is more favorable than Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund.
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. New Mountain Finance pays out 168.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
New Mountain Finance beats Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AEF) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
