Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Competitors

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HYI) and Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is HYI or AOD a better dividend stock?

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%.

Does the media prefer HYI or AOD?

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund	Neutral
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	Negative

Which has better earnings and valuation, HYI or AOD?

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
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$94.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is HYI or AOD more profitable?

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

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.