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The Korea Fund (KF) Competitors

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$27.79 +0.39 (+1.42%)
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KF vs. ECC, CION, IFN, RMT, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, MVF, and HQL

Should you be buying The Korea Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Korea Fund include Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), and abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The Korea Fund vs. Its Competitors

The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF) and Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

The Korea Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.9%. Eagle Point Credit pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

70.0% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 5 more articles in the media than The Korea Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 0 mentions for The Korea Fund. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat The Korea Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Korea Fund Neutral
Eagle Point Credit Positive

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than The Korea Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Korea FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Eagle Point Credit$179.77M3.01$85.49M-$0.40-17.56

Eagle Point Credit has a consensus price target of $8.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.37%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than The Korea Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Korea Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Eagle Point Credit
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

The Korea Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Eagle Point Credit's net margin of -27.15%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.90% beat The Korea Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Korea FundN/A N/A N/A
Eagle Point Credit -27.15%12.90%8.41%

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats The Korea Fund on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KF vs. The Competition

MetricThe Korea FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$132.45M$3.84B$12.20B$21.04B
Dividend Yield1.66%6.65%5.57%3.60%
P/E RatioN/AN/A18.9827.92
Price / SalesN/A16.3026.1568.30
Price / CashN/A18.0221.5723.29
Price / BookN/A1.112.174.54
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$999.65M$993.24M
7 Day Performance0.14%-0.13%-1.15%-1.51%
1 Month Performance3.27%-0.09%2.46%3.16%
1 Year Performance13.85%0.70%539.21%9.14%

The Korea Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KF
The Korea Fund
N/A$27.79
+1.4%
N/A+13.6%$132.45MN/A0.00N/A
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
1.5526 of 5 stars
$7.03
+1.7%
$8.67
+23.3%
-28.4%$531.71M$179.77M-17.57N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
CION
CION Investment
1.5119 of 5 stars
$9.98
-0.8%
$11.00
+10.2%
-19.1%$530.04M$252.43M-34.41N/A
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.65
-1.3%
N/A-13.2%$492.55MN/A0.0021,000
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.66
-0.1%
N/A-2.2%$490.10MN/A0.00N/APositive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.59
+0.7%
N/A+23.1%$455.14MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.96
+0.4%
N/A+13.1%$423.84MN/A0.00N/A
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.49
-1.1%
N/A-1.5%$420.87MN/A0.00N/APositive News
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.8127 of 5 stars
$25.02
-0.7%
$24.25
-3.1%
+7.0%$394.68M$148.85M10.133,211
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.53
-0.5%
N/A-11.8%$392.04M$11.04M0.00147,000
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.30
-0.6%
N/A-13.5%$386.31MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:KF) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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