Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (ACV) Competitors

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ACV vs. UL, HLN, KVUE, SN, and SGI

Should you buy Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund include Unilever (UL), Haleon (HLN), Kenvue (KVUE), SharkNinja (SN), and Somnigroup International (SGI). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Unilever?

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE:ACV) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Unilever has a consensus price target of $65.55, indicating a potential upside of 14.36%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Unilever	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	$54.22M	N/A	N/A	$1.65	16.85
Unilever	$57.13B	2.19	$10.71B	N/A	N/A

9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Unilever had 4 more articles in the media than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Unilever and 1 mentions for Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unilever	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays out 153.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Unilever beats Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Haleon?

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE:ACV) and Haleon (NYSE:HLN) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haleon	N/A	N/A	N/A

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays out 153.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Haleon has a consensus target price of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 44.55%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Haleon is more favorable than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Haleon	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Haleon has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haleon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	$54.22M	N/A	N/A	$1.65	16.85
Haleon	$14.54B	2.83	$2.20B	$0.39	23.77

6.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Haleon had 1 more articles in the media than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Haleon and 1 mentions for Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Haleon's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haleon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Haleon beats Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Kenvue?

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE:ACV) and Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

97.6% of Kenvue shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Kenvue shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays out 153.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kenvue pays out 97.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kenvue has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Kenvue had 9 more articles in the media than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kenvue and 1 mentions for Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Kenvue's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Kenvue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenvue	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Kenvue has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenvue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	$54.22M	N/A	N/A	$1.65	16.85
Kenvue	$15.12B	2.23	$1.47B	$0.85	20.64

Kenvue has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.22%. Given Kenvue's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kenvue is more favorable than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kenvue	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Kenvue has a net margin of 10.61% compared to Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Kenvue's return on equity of 20.81% beat Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenvue	10.61%	20.81%	8.21%

Summary

Kenvue beats Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to SharkNinja?

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE:ACV) and SharkNinja (NYSE:SN) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

SharkNinja has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SharkNinja, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	$54.22M	N/A	N/A	$1.65	16.85
SharkNinja	$6.40B	2.59	$701.37M	$4.96	23.62

SharkNinja has a consensus target price of $150.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.03%. Given SharkNinja's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SharkNinja is more favorable than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SharkNinja	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

In the previous week, SharkNinja had 2 more articles in the media than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SharkNinja and 1 mentions for Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SharkNinja's score of 0.44 indicating that Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SharkNinja	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

34.8% of SharkNinja shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of SharkNinja shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SharkNinja has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's net margin of 0.00%. SharkNinja's return on equity of 29.07% beat Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
SharkNinja	10.70%	29.07%	14.70%

Summary

SharkNinja beats Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Somnigroup International?

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE:ACV) and Somnigroup International (NYSE:SGI) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

99.9% of Somnigroup International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Somnigroup International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Somnigroup International has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Somnigroup International's return on equity of 19.62% beat Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Somnigroup International	6.80%	19.62%	5.16%

Somnigroup International has a consensus price target of $98.60, indicating a potential upside of 42.65%. Given Somnigroup International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Somnigroup International is more favorable than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Somnigroup International	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Somnigroup International pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund pays out 153.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Somnigroup International pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Somnigroup International has higher revenue and earnings than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Somnigroup International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	$54.22M	N/A	N/A	$1.65	16.85
Somnigroup International	$7.48B	1.94	$384.10M	$2.45	28.21

In the previous week, Somnigroup International had 3 more articles in the media than Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Somnigroup International and 1 mentions for Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund. Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Somnigroup International's score of 0.57 indicating that Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Somnigroup International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Somnigroup International beats Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Metric	Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	Asset Management Industry	Financial Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	N/A	$2.42B	$5.90B	$23.33B
Dividend Yield	0.09%	5.94%	5.22%	4.10%
P/E Ratio	16.85	25.30	15.88	30.97
Price / Sales	N/A	2,028.00	1,023.89	25.01
Price / Cash	N/A	60.17	92.81	25.12
Price / Book	N/A	1.38	6.60	4.77
Net Income	N/A	$265.53M	$1.14B	$1.07B
7 Day Performance	7.16%	1.55%	1.25%	3.06%
1 Month Performance	5.70%	2.52%	2.25%	2.29%
1 Year Performance	29.60%	13.65%	20.06%	29.89%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
ACV Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund	N/A	$27.80 +2.3%	N/A	+26.7%	$0.00	$54.22M	16.85	4,285
UL Unilever	3.0531 of 5 stars	$57.53 -0.7%	$65.55 +13.9%	-20.1%	$125.65B	$50.50B	N/A	96,092	Positive News
HLN Haleon	3.7811 of 5 stars	$9.01 -1.0%	$13.40 +48.8%	-16.6%	$40.45B	$14.54B	23.09	24,535
KVUE Kenvue	4.5482 of 5 stars	$17.22 -1.5%	$19.33 +12.3%	-26.2%	$33.54B	$15.29B	20.25	22,000	Positive News
SN SharkNinja	3.9519 of 5 stars	$102.98 -5.0%	$150.00 +45.7%	+18.6%	$15.34B	$6.59B	20.76	4,143

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Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (ACV) Competitors

ACV vs. UL, HLN, KVUE, SN, and SGI

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How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to SharkNinja?

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How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Somnigroup International?

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ACV vs. UL, HLN, KVUE, SN, and SGI

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Unilever?

Do analysts rate ACV or UL?

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ACV or UL?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ACV or UL?

Does the media prefer ACV or UL?

Is ACV or UL a better dividend stock?

Is ACV or UL more profitable?

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How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Haleon?

Is ACV or HLN more profitable?

Is ACV or HLN a better dividend stock?

Do analysts rate ACV or HLN?

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ACV or HLN?

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ACV or HLN?

Does the media prefer ACV or HLN?

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How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Kenvue?

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ACV or KVUE?

Is ACV or KVUE a better dividend stock?

Does the media favor ACV or KVUE?

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ACV or KVUE?

Do analysts prefer ACV or KVUE?

Is ACV or KVUE more profitable?

Summary

How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to SharkNinja?

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ACV or SN?

Do analysts recommend ACV or SN?

Does the media prefer ACV or SN?

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACV or SN?

Is ACV or SN more profitable?

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How does Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund compare to Somnigroup International?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ACV or SGI?

Is ACV or SGI more profitable?

Do analysts recommend ACV or SGI?

Is ACV or SGI a better dividend stock?

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ACV or SGI?

Does the media refer more to ACV or SGI?

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