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$35.47 -0.39 (-1.07%)
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$35.00 -0.47 (-1.31%)
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BST vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, ARDC, and BGH

Should you be buying BlackRock Science and Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Science and Technology 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), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), and Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust vs.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (NYSE:BST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock Science and Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -2.00 indicating that BlackRock Science and Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Very Negative
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust$274.17MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%.

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust received 49 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave BlackRock Science and Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%
BlackRock Science and Technology TrustOutperform Votes
157
62.30%
Underperform Votes
95
37.70%

Summary

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BST vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Science and Technology TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.21B$5.34B$19.61B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.41%4.18%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A21.7512.7434.84
Price / SalesN/A2,393.091,758.6535.73
Price / CashN/A60.4649.7117.51
Price / BookN/A1.151.354.75
Net IncomeN/A$263.32M$1.22B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.40%14.20%7.23%0.12%
1 Month Performance18.31%18.94%18.86%11.47%
1 Year Performance-1.59%2.45%13.32%4.87%

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BST
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust
N/A$35.47
-1.1%
N/A-1.8%$0.00$274.17M0.0017News Coverage
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.14
flat
N/A+5.9%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AGap Up
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.96
+0.9%
N/A+2.3%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$18.81
+3.0%
N/A-9.0%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088
ACP
Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
N/A$5.76
+0.4%
N/A-14.9%$0.00$79.30M0.00N/A
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$10.55
+0.7%
N/A-18.1%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.66
+1.5%
N/A-3.5%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/A
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.40
-0.2%
N/A-4.5%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/A
FINS
Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust
N/A$13.24
+0.3%
N/A+7.4%$0.00$40.39M0.00N/A
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.04
+1.0%
N/A-1.3%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/A
BGH
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund
N/A$14.66
+1.3%
N/A+2.1%$0.00$44.14M0.00N/A

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