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Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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$12.74 +0.06 (+0.43%)
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EMF vs. NXP, ASA, BTO, PDT, CCAP, ECC, MUJ, DSU, CION, 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 Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), CION Investment (CION), and Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund vs.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (NYSE:EMF) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund$28.87M6.69N/AN/AN/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio$75.19M8.78N/AN/AN/A

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund received 57 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Templeton Emerging Markets FundOutperform Votes
128
69.57%
Underperform Votes
56
30.43%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioOutperform Votes
71
63.96%
Underperform Votes
40
36.04%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets FundN/A N/A N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio N/A N/A N/A

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.

In the previous week, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio had 3 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EMF vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Emerging Markets FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$193.23M$6.70B$11.11B$18.90B
Dividend Yield5.77%6.92%5.77%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A3.5222.1032.87
Price / Sales6.6921.5626.1027.89
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52
Price / BookN/A0.862.674.47
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.75%1.23%0.77%0.73%
1 Month Performance-1.36%-1.96%-0.17%-2.62%
1 Year Performance8.02%2.15%538.56%4.59%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$12.74
+0.4%
N/A+7.6%$193.23M$28.87M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
NXP
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio
N/A$13.93
-0.1%
N/A-0.3%$652.13M$75.19M0.0040,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$30.21
+3.1%
N/A+73.5%$650.24M$118.94M0.001,100Positive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$31.83
-0.5%
N/A+17.8%$628.37M$142.41M0.002,719Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.59
-0.3%
N/A+12.3%$619.24M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CCAP
Crescent Capital BDC
2.7671 of 5 stars
$16.24
+1.1%
$18.50
+13.9%
-7.8%$601.89M$83.50M8.16N/AUpcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.7406 of 5 stars
$7.82
+0.5%
$10.33
+32.1%
-22.5%$601.73M$97.61M9.31N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MUJ
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund
N/A$11.01
+0.0%
N/A+0.4%$594.12M$12.23M0.00N/APositive News
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.15
-0.1%
N/A-3.7%$552.61M$44.55M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CION
CION Investment
2.2177 of 5 stars
$10.12
+0.4%
$11.00
+8.7%
-13.6%$536.63M$45.95M6.88N/AUpcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$20.18
-2.0%
N/A-14.4%$530.17M$34.82M0.0018Ex-Dividend
Positive News

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