FSD vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, AFT, AIF, and ARDC
Should you be buying First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (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), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF), and Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend (NYSE:AGD) and First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (NYSE:FSD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend received 26 more outperform votes than First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend an outperform vote.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.
In the previous week, First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund and 1 mentions for abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend. abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund beats abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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