MSD vs. PEO, DSU, RMT, CION, ECC, TYG, IFN, EVN, HQL, and MCI
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 Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), CION Investment (CION), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), India Fund (IFN), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and Barings Corporate Investors (MCI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund vs. Its Competitors
Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE:PEO) and Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:MSD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Adams Natural Resources Fund and Adams Natural Resources Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Adams Natural Resources Fund's score of 1.81 indicating that Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
33.5% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Natural Resources Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Adams Natural Resources Fund has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Adams Natural Resources Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%.
Summary
Adams Natural Resources Fund beats Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund on 4 of the 6 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 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
