Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EMF or MYI?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund received 51 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Fund an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	Outperform Votes 128 69.57%	Underperform Votes 56 30.43%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	Outperform Votes 77 59.23%	Underperform Votes 53 40.77%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EMF or MYI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is EMF or MYI a better dividend stock?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%.

Is EMF or MYI more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, EMF or MYI?

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EMF or MYI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EMF or MYI?

49.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III 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.

Does the media refer more to EMF or MYI?

In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund both had 3 articles in the media. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Fund's score of -0.33 indicating that BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.