CTR vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearBridge MLP and Midstream 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.
ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund (NYSE:CTR) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund received 11 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.32% of users gave ClearBridge MLP and Midstream 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 1 more articles in the media than ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 3 mentions for ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund's score of 0.24 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund pays out 195.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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