Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund Inc. Common Stock (TEI)

FairStock Score: 73/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look at Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund not as an operating company but as a closed-end fund holding emerging-market bonds. The provided data show a price of $6.20 at the 2026-10-13 close, a market cap of $305.6M, and a FairStock P/B of 0.88, so investors are paying less than stated book value. The 9.94% dividend yield is eye-catching, and the beta of 0.71 suggests lower recent volatility than the broad market. The FairStock Graham Number is $15.78, giving a 60.71% margin of safety on that calculation, and the FairStock Score is 73/100. Those are value-friendly marks. But Graham would demand more proof of quality. The FairStock Piotroski F-Score is only 2/9, and the Altman Z-Score is 2.13, which is not a fortress-like reading. Debt/equity of 0.20 is modest, and FairStock ROE of 23.35% looks strong, though ROCE of 6.09% is much lower—typical of a leveraged bond fund where returns depend on spreads and rates. The competitive moat is thin: it is a Franklin-managed fund tracking the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index, with no unique franchise beyond manager skill and scale. Growth is unclear because the data lack the multi-year filed results needed to classify it; the Lynch category is none—only 0 years of filed results, versus the 3 needed. At a discount to book and with a high yield, the price looks statistically cheap. But emerging-market sovereign and corporate credit, currency, and rate risks can overwhelm a discount. I would want more filed history and stronger financial-health signals before calling it a durable bargain.

In plain English: Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund is a closed-end fund that buys bonds from emerging-market governments and companies. Its stock price is below the value of its holdings, it pays a very high dividend, and its recent financial-quality signals are mixed, with weak scores in some measures and a short reporting history. Based on the numbers provided, the price looks inexpensive, but the fund carries the risks that come with emerging-market debt.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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