First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT) Competitors

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (NYSE:FCT) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is FCT or AGD a better dividend stock?

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FCT or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II	$24.71M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FCT or AGD?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II	Neutral
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Positive

Is FCT or AGD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.