NFJ vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy 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.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NYSE:NFJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund received 38 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.86% of users gave Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund 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%. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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