CSQ vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (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), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), and Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 24 more outperform votes than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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