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Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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$14.86 +0.15 (+1.02%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

EMF vs. HQH, PHK, CGBD, ASA, BTO, NXP, PDT, ECC, DSU, and PEO

Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Markets Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund include abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Nuveen Sl Tfip (NXP), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund vs. Its Competitors

abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Templeton Emerging Markets FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

32.6% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
abrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A N/A N/A
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund N/A N/A N/A

abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, abrdn Healthcare Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn Healthcare Investors and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
abrdn Healthcare Investors Very Positive
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Neutral

abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%.

Summary

abrdn Healthcare Investors beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMF vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Emerging Markets FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$225.47M$3.72B$12.11B$20.72B
Dividend Yield6.40%6.77%5.54%3.72%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0228.09
Price / SalesN/A22.0825.6838.30
Price / CashN/A17.7521.6822.53
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.58
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance2.55%1.51%2.21%2.79%
1 Month Performance7.41%2.65%4.59%5.46%
1 Year Performance17.10%2.89%538.58%15.06%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$14.86
+1.0%
N/A+17.9%$225.47MN/A0.00N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.50
+2.3%
N/A-9.9%$834.56MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.77
+0.3%
N/A-0.1%$817.15MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.1772 of 5 stars
$13.93
+1.6%
$14.75
+5.9%
-23.5%$709.62M$232.59M10.31N/A
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$31.75
-3.3%
N/A+72.3%$681.97MN/A0.001,100
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$34.18
+2.4%
N/A+28.2%$674.81MN/A0.002,719
NXP
Nuveen Sl Tfip
N/A$13.94
+0.2%
N/A-3.3%$654.01MN/A0.0040,400News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.09
+0.3%
N/A+13.1%$645.13MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
1.8867 of 5 stars
$7.55
+0.9%
$8.67
+14.8%
-23.2%$581.36M$179.77M-18.89N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.48
+0.5%
N/A-2.5%$570.30MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.53
-0.9%
N/A-7.3%$565.68MN/A0.0018

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