FSD vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust High Income Long/Short 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.
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (NYSE:FSD) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.
In the previous week, First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 26 more outperform votes than First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.13% of users gave First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.
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