Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund (TPZ) Competitors

Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSE:TPZ) and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TPZ or EMD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund	$24.21M	6.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	$62.71M	4.61	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor TPZ or EMD?

In the previous week, Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and 0 mentions for Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund	Neutral
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TPZ or EMD?

33.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TPZ or EMD a better dividend stock?

Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%.

Is TPZ or EMD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund beats Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.