Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Competitors

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

Is HYI or AGD a better dividend stock?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%.

Does the media prefer HYI or AGD?

In the previous week, Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund and 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.74 indicating that Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HYI or AGD?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund received 28 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.85% of users gave Western Asset High Yield Defined 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 Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 136 63.85%	Underperform Votes 77 36.15%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HYI or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	$29.60M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is HYI or AGD more profitable?

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

Summary

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.