FSD vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, VFL, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, and AFT
Should you be buying First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), and Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (NYSE:FSD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 26 more outperform votes than First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 2 mentions for First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund. First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.25 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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