PFL vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, AFT, AIF, and ARDC
Should you be buying PIMCO Income Strategy Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PIMCO Income Strategy Fund include abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF), and Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend (NYSE:AGD) and PIMCO Income Strategy Fund (NYSE:PFL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%.
In the previous week, PIMCO Income Strategy Fund had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PIMCO Income Strategy Fund and 1 mentions for abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend. abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat PIMCO Income Strategy Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that PIMCO Income Strategy Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend received 21 more outperform votes than PIMCO Income Strategy Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.60% of users gave PIMCO Income Strategy Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend an outperform vote.
Summary
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund beats abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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