EMD vs. VTN, VBF, DHF, SPE, BANX, OFS, JHI, PUYI, OXLC, and BBDC
Should you be buying Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund include Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Special Opportunities Fund (SPE), ArrowMark Financial (BANX), OFS Capital (OFS), John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Highest Performances (PUYI), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), and Barings BDC (BBDC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (NYSE:VTN) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% 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.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals received 99 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.10% of users gave Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals an outperform vote while only 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote.
34.9% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund beats Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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