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American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 4/19/2024
Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
Intuitive Surgical Stock Can Trend Much Higher This Year 
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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
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Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
American Express, Fifth Third rise; Netflix, PPG Industries fall, Friday, 4/19/2024
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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) Competitors

$32.97
-0.99 (-2.92%)
(As of 04/19/2024 ET)

BST vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF

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 (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.

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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$9.11MN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust$291.28MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Science and Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Science and Technology Trust. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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%

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

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and BlackRock Science and Technology Trust tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BST vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Science and Technology TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$759.17M$3.01B$17.25B
Dividend Yield0.06%13.31%4.58%3.62%
P/E RatioN/A941.40448.0224.50
Price / SalesN/A14,156.902,639.5511.82
Price / CashN/A82.7047.0717.10
Price / BookN/A1.771.534.85
Net IncomeN/A$53.12M$413.15M$970.56M
7 Day Performance-6.86%-0.96%-0.69%-1.76%
1 Month Performance-8.62%10.37%11.99%-2.50%
1 Year Performance5.20%1.57%7.24%78.16%

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AGD
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend
0 of 5 stars
$9.12
-0.4%
N/A-4.2%$0.00$9.11M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
0 of 5 stars
$3.55
-1.9%
N/A-10.4%$0.00$-15,470,480.000.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
0 of 5 stars
$19.09
+0.6%
N/A-1.0%$0.00$54.68M0.00N/APositive News
ACP
Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
0 of 5 stars
$6.57
-0.2%
N/A-1.0%$0.00$31.54M0.00N/ANews Coverage
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
0 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.7%
N/A-15.3%$0.00$39.01M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$11.23
-0.5%
N/A-4.8%$0.00$-3,531,300.000.00N/A
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$10.48
-0.3%
N/A-1.5%$0.00$-812,101.000.00N/A
FINS
Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust
0 of 5 stars
$12.31
+0.1%
N/A+2.4%$0.00$8.53M0.00N/APositive News
AFT
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund
0 of 5 stars
$14.10
-1.0%
N/A+12.5%$0.00$38.20M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
AIF
Apollo Tactical Income Fund
3.2406 of 5 stars
$14.03
+0.1%
$52.50
+274.2%
+15.6%$0.00$36.81M0.00N/ADividend Increase

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