GDO vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund 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 Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund (NYSE:GDO) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.29 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 42 more outperform votes than Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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