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Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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$15.35 +0.14 (+0.92%)
Closing price 09/5/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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EMF vs. HQH, PHK, ASA, BTO, CGBD, PDT, ECC, PEO, DSU, and CION

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), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), and CION Investment (CION). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets FundN/A N/A N/A
abrdn Healthcare Investors N/A N/A N/A

49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by 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, abrdn Healthcare Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn Healthcare Investors and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. abrdn Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%.

Summary

abrdn Healthcare Investors beats Templeton Emerging Markets Fund on 5 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$232.91M$3.97B$12.64B$21.37B
Dividend Yield6.20%6.18%5.41%3.49%
P/E RatioN/AN/A232.4229.62
Price / SalesN/A20.4230.9369.49
Price / CashN/A17.9822.1325.18
Price / BookN/A1.202.294.55
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance0.36%0.87%0.41%0.58%
1 Month Performance3.02%2.42%3.76%5.66%
1 Year Performance22.51%3.01%540.98%17.40%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$15.35
+0.9%
N/A+20.6%$232.91MN/A0.00N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$16.62
+0.5%
N/A-8.6%$890.88MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.96
-0.1%
N/A+2.4%$850.60MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$38.55
+2.4%
N/A+107.0%$809.97MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.11
-1.5%
N/A+15.0%$744.08M$158.32M0.002,719News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
3.3485 of 5 stars
$13.84
-1.1%
$15.10
+9.1%
-18.3%$712.89M$232.59M11.53N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.41
+0.0%
N/A+0.6%$659.08MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.1485 of 5 stars
$7.50
-0.7%
$8.67
+15.6%
-24.6%$580.96M$179.77M68.14N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.96
-0.7%
N/A-4.4%$580.73MN/A0.0018
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.61
-0.1%
N/A-3.3%$578.48MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CION
CION Investment
1.5876 of 5 stars
$10.33
-4.4%
$10.75
+4.1%
-13.0%$562.54M$252.43M-54.34N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
High Trading Volume

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