Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to AGD or HIO?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's score of -1.88 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Negative

Is AGD or HIO a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AGD or HIO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	$25.19M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGD or HIO?

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

Is AGD or HIO more profitable?

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

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.