Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NIE) Competitors

abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend (NYSE:AGD) and Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NYSE:NIE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGD or NIE?

abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend received 23 more outperform votes than Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%
Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund	Outperform Votes 85 64.89%	Underperform Votes 46 35.11%

Is AGD or NIE a better dividend stock?

abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AGD or NIE?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	$9.11M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund	$94.20M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AGD or NIE more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	N/A	N/A	N/A
Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate AGD or NIE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer AGD or NIE?

In the previous week, abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend had 1 more articles in the media than Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend and 2 mentions for Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund. Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend's score of -0.50 indicating that abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend and Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.