FT vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, EVN, INSI, VPV, JOF, and JHS
Should you be buying Franklin Universal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Universal Trust include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Franklin Universal Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Franklin Universal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 equaled abrdn National Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Franklin Universal Trust received 80 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Franklin Universal Trust beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.
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