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Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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$15.07 -0.03 (-0.20%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:49 PM Eastern
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$15.03 -0.04 (-0.27%)
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EMF vs. HQH, PHK, ASA, BTO, CGBD, PDT, DSU, PEO, ECC, 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), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), and CION Investment (CION). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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 1.83 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

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

abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%.

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$226.84M$3.79B$12.26B$21.03B
Dividend Yield6.36%6.61%5.54%3.59%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.0628.45
Price / SalesN/A17.0926.1171.64
Price / CashN/A18.5721.6322.92
Price / BookN/A1.122.204.68
Net IncomeN/A$165.11M$998.02M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.89%0.50%0.58%1.65%
1 Month Performance4.22%0.83%3.45%4.54%
1 Year Performance21.29%4.91%536.27%10.00%

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$15.07
-0.2%
N/A+22.3%$226.84MN/A0.00N/A
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.97
+2.0%
N/A-13.2%$860.18M$11.71M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.84
+1.0%
N/A+1.2%$830.02M$99.89M0.00147,000
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$34.32
+2.4%
N/A+75.7%$738.57MN/A0.001,100
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.40
+0.6%
N/A+10.0%$718.54MN/A0.002,719
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.6261 of 5 stars
$13.99
+1.5%
$14.75
+5.4%
-21.8%$712.89M$83.75M10.36N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.31
+1.0%
N/A+12.0%$654.67MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.53
-0.1%
N/A-3.5%$573.58M$44.55M0.00N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.68
+0.5%
N/A-7.8%$569.69M$34.82M0.0018Positive News
Dividend Increase
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.1745 of 5 stars
$7.39
+1.2%
$8.67
+17.4%
-29.3%$568.26M$97.61M-18.46N/A
CION
CION Investment
1.023 of 5 stars
$10.12
+0.7%
$11.00
+8.7%
-17.6%$532.96M$252.43M-34.88N/APositive News

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