GDL vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying The GDL Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GDL 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.
The GDL Fund (NYSE:GDL) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
The GDL Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.
The GDL Fund received 14 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 60.10% of users gave The GDL Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The GDL Fund and The GDL Fund both had 2 articles in the media. The GDL Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that The GDL Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats The GDL Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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