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AEF vs MAIN
Side-by-side comparison of abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc. (AEF) and Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AEF and MAIN operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- MAIN is the larger of the two at $5.15B, about 5.6x AEF ($921.2M).
- Over the past year, AEF is up 42.9% and MAIN is down 13.7% - AEF leads by 56.7 points.
- MAIN has hit the wire 10 times in the past 4 weeks while AEF has been quiet.
- MAIN has more recent analyst coverage (12 ratings vs 0 for AEF).
- Company
- abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
- Main Street Capital Corporation
- Price
- $8.59-1.09%
- $55.36-0.07%
- Market cap
- $921.2M
- $5.15B
- 1M return
- -12.61%
- +7.64%
- 1Y return
- +42.93%
- -13.73%
- Industry
- Finance/Investors Services
- Finance/Investors Services
- Exchange
- AMEX
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2007
- News (4w)
- 0
- 10
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 12
abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. is a closed ended balanced mutual fund and managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of Chile. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up security selection approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI Chile Index. It conducts in-house research to create its portfolio. The fund was formerly known as Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc. Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. was formed on January 30, 1989 and is domiciled in the United States.
Main Street Capital Corporation
Main Street Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It makes majority and minority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Latest AEF
- Certain Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- ABERDEEN INVESTMENTS U.S. CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Wertz Parker Webb
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
- SEC Form DEF 14A filed by abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
- Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund Inc.
- Director Clark Anthony S. bought $10,798 worth of shares (1,500 units at $7.20) (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Reilly Heather Carter
Latest MAIN
- MSC Income Fund Announces Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
- Main Street Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Main Street Announces Preliminary Estimate of Second Quarter 2026 Operating Results
- Main Street Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- MSC Income Fund Announces Second Quarter 2026 Private Loan Portfolio Activity
- Main Street Announces Second Quarter 2026 Private Loan Portfolio Activity
- EVP, GC, SECRETARY Beauvais Jason B sold $353,316 worth of shares (6,830 units at $51.73), decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 196,185 units (SEC Form 4)
- Main Street Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- MSC Income Fund Announces CEO Succession Plan
- Main Street Announces Amendment of its Corporate Credit Facility