FCT vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II 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 First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (NYSE:FCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 40 more outperform votes than First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II and 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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