BST vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying BlackRock Science and Technology Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Science and Technology 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.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (NYSE:BST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust received 49 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave BlackRock Science and Technology Trust an outperform vote.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock Science and Technology Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackRock Science and Technology Trust and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Science and Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BlackRock Science and Technology Trust beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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