NFJ vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, VFL, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, and AFT
Should you be buying Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy 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 Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NYSE:NFJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund received 38 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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