Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Competitors

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HIO) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Does the media refer more to HIO or AGD?

In the previous week, Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -2.00 indicating that Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	Positive
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Very Negative

Which has better valuation and earnings, HIO or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	$48.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is HIO or AGD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HIO or AGD?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 32 more outperform votes than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 76 68.47%	Underperform Votes 35 31.53%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Is HIO or AGD a better dividend stock?

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%.

Summary

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.