Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) Vs. OXLC, OIA, AWP, AVK, ACV, NIE, AFT, BGH, BHK, and BGR
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 Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (ACV), AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NIE), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (BGR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund vs.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) and Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Oxford Lane Capital has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.78%. Given Oxford Lane Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Lane Capital is more favorable than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%.
Oxford Lane Capital received 152 more outperform votes than Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.16% of users gave Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Oxford Lane Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Oxford Lane Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oxford Lane Capital beats Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) vs. Its Competitors
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Competitors List
