Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (EDF): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is EDF undervalued?

EDF has a margin of safety of 81%: the stock closed at 4.46 on 16 Oct 2026 against a GLS average fair value of 23.36. 8 of the 9 valuation models that produced a number sit above the price. Our screens treat a discount this large as a strong starting point for a cash-secured put, not as a verdict - the fair value is a model output, and a wide gap can mean the models are missing something the market knows.

There is a wide gap between 10 Cap (4.12) and GLS Growth (67.74). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

The nightly engine files EDF under High Growth: revenue and earnings growing fast enough that the growth-based models carry the valuation.

Nine valuation models for EDF

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund scores 5 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that falls one point short of the Sunday Scan's "6 or more" rule. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. A GLS Moat score of 4.2/10 is a weak reading: the ten-year history the score grades (revenue, EPS, book value, margins, cash flow, share count, ROIC) has not been steady, so the Moat part of the Wheel Score contributes little.

Returns on capital are high - ROIC 13.9%, ROE 17.3%, ROA 13.9% - with debt at 0.24 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 4.6%.

The dividend yield is high at 16.14% (payout ratio 61%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 1/10, insider activity 10/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 39: No options

No options are listed on Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund in our nightly snapshot. The Wheel Score is therefore capped at 39 (it reads 39) and the stock is left out of every options screen; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 362k shares a day on a market cap of $143M, with a beta of 1.18; the Stability part of the Wheel Score gives that 9 of 20.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls; it is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. The walkthrough lesson shows how the score fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for EDF in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 12 Nov 2026 (0.0600 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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