HQL vs. TYG, SOR, PPT, MIY, MCI, MHN, PMO, KTF, ASG, and HRZN
Should you be buying Abrdn Life Sciences Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors include Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Source Capital (SOR), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), and Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE:HQL) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Abrdn Life Sciences Investors had 8 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Abrdn Life Sciences Investors and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Abrdn Life Sciences Investors' score of 1.65 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 148 more outperform votes than Abrdn Life Sciences Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 68.35% of users gave Abrdn Life Sciences Investors an outperform vote.
32.2% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%.
Summary
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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