BLW vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust 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.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (NYSE:BLW) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust received 7 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.09% of users gave BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust 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 BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust. BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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