EGF vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Enhanced Government 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.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund (NYSE:EGF) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 86 more outperform votes than BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.86% of users gave BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund's score of 0.42 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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