First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund - FDEU Competitors

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund (NYSE:FDEU) are both miscellaneous companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Is AOD or FDEU a better dividend stock?

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate AOD or FDEU?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AOD or FDEU?

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund received 65 more outperform votes than First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 91 68.42%	Underperform Votes 42 31.58%
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund	Outperform Votes 26 57.78%	Underperform Votes 19 42.22%

Is AOD or FDEU more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor AOD or FDEU?

In the previous week, First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund and 1 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund. First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.84 indicating that First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AOD or FDEU?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	-$175.34 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund	-$26.09 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund beats Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.