DSU vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT
Should you be buying BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund vs.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund received 5 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%.
Summary
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DSU) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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