CEM vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund 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 ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund (NYSE:CEM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund both had 3 articles in the media. ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.74 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund received 48 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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