FCT vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT
Should you be buying First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II 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.
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II vs.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (NYSE:FCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 40 more outperform votes than First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II 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 $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FCT) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
