PFD vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income 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 World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), and Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:PFD) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 21 more outperform votes than Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.97% of users gave Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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