WIA vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income 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 Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (NYSE:WIA) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 25 more outperform votes than Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.17% of users gave Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income 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 Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 2 mentions for Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund. Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -0.10 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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