Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Competitors

Highest Performances (NASDAQ:PUYI) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PUYI or EMD?

Highest Performances and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund both received 45 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Highest Performances an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Highest Performances	Outperform Votes 45 64.29%	Underperform Votes 25 35.71%
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	Outperform Votes 45 67.16%	Underperform Votes 22 32.84%

Is PUYI or EMD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Highest Performances	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PUYI or EMD?

Highest Performances has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PUYI or EMD?

In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Highest Performances. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for Highest Performances. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Highest Performances' score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Highest Performances	Neutral
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PUYI or EMD?

33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PUYI or EMD?

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Highest Performances.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Highest Performances	$114.44M	2.20	-$6.01M	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	$62.71M	4.43	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund beats Highest Performances on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.