BGT vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust 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.
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE:BGT) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust and 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.41 indicating that BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust received 15 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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