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Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ) Competitors

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$6.80 +0.08 (+1.12%)
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JEQ vs. PPT, PMO, RFI, HCAI, OIA, PMM, RCS, DOGZ, MQT, and FUND

Should you be buying Abrdn Japan Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund include Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), Huachen AI Parking Management Technology (HCAI), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (OIA), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), and Sprott Focus Trust (FUND). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund vs.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (NYSE:JEQ) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

In the previous week, Putnam Premier Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust and 0 mentions for Abrdn Japan Equity Fund. Putnam Premier Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Abrdn Japan Equity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Putnam Premier Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund Neutral
Putnam Premier Income Trust Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund$19.55M4.81N/AN/AN/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust$22.60M15.44N/AN/AN/A

62.7% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of Abrdn Japan Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Japan Equity FundN/A N/A N/A
Putnam Premier Income Trust N/A N/A N/A

Putnam Premier Income Trust received 92 more outperform votes than Abrdn Japan Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.22% of users gave Abrdn Japan Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Putnam Premier Income Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abrdn Japan Equity FundOutperform Votes
49
66.22%
Underperform Votes
25
33.78%
Putnam Premier Income TrustOutperform Votes
141
66.20%
Underperform Votes
72
33.80%

Summary

Putnam Premier Income Trust beats Abrdn Japan Equity Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JEQ vs. The Competition

MetricAbrdn Japan Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$94.15M$6.71B$11.11B$18.97B
Dividend Yield7.07%6.92%5.79%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A3.5322.0132.91
Price / Sales4.8121.6326.0927.66
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.53
Price / BookN/A0.872.664.48
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.49%1.31%0.66%0.75%
1 Month Performance5.59%-1.88%-0.39%-2.61%
1 Year Performance15.96%2.23%538.24%4.53%

Abrdn Japan Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEQ
Abrdn Japan Equity Fund
N/A$6.80
+1.1%
N/A+15.4%$94.15M$19.55M0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.50
-0.8%
N/A+5.6%$336.94M$22.60M0.00N/APositive News
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$9.57
-1.3%
N/A+2.2%$304.43M$69.50M0.00801Short Interest ↑
Negative News
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$11.37
-2.5%
N/A+6.4%$303.49M$17.51M0.00N/A
HCAI
Huachen AI Parking Management Technology
N/A$8.75
+11.6%
N/AN/A$275.63M$53.68M0.0073Gap Up
OIA
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust
N/A$5.66
-1.0%
N/A-4.1%$269.60M$33.67M0.00N/APositive News
PMM
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
N/A$5.75
-1.9%
N/A+1.5%$266.98M$67.33M0.00N/A
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$5.32
-1.1%
N/A-2.2%$245.10M$28.89M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
1.1294 of 5 stars
$17.07
+5.2%
N/A+158.2%$217.32M$20.26M0.00320Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
MQT
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II
N/A$9.30
-1.1%
N/A-0.8%$209.41M$3.54M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
FUND
Sprott Focus Trust
N/A$6.84
-2.3%
N/A-6.3%$203.87M$2.30M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
Positive News

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