MSD vs. ECC, PEO, DSU, CION, RMT, IFN, TYG, MCI, EVN, and SAR
Should you be buying Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund include Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), CION Investment (CION), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund vs. Its Competitors
Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:MSD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit and Eagle Point Credit both had 2 articles in the media. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's score of -0.10 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 13.49% beat Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's return on equity.
Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund.
Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.1%. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 1,527.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus price target of $8.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund.
Summary
Eagle Point Credit beats Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 12 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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This page (NYSE:MSD) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
