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.
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%.
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.
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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