Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund (FLC) Competitors

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund (NYSE:FLC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AOD or FLC?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$94.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund	$35.56M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AOD or FLC more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to AOD or FLC?

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	Negative
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund	Neutral

Is AOD or FLC a better dividend stock?

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%.

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.