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First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA) Competitors

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FFA vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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.

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund vs.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (NYSE:FFA) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 29 more outperform votes than First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.10% of users gave First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income FundOutperform Votes
79
68.10%
Underperform Votes
37
31.90%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund$76.07MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%.

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FFA vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Trust Enhanced Equity Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.04B$3.94B$17.69B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.43%4.19%3.79%
P/E RatioN/A26.0115.5329.95
Price / SalesN/A2,110.071,581.0624.26
Price / CashN/A60.8148.9717.54
Price / BookN/A1.043.274.13
Net IncomeN/A$259.01M$1.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.31%-5.29%3.15%-8.68%
1 Month Performance-14.09%-6.44%1.69%-9.64%
1 Year Performance-6.84%-1.60%5.90%-4.93%

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFA
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund
N/A$17.23
-7.3%
N/A-0.3%$0.00$76.07M0.00N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.28
+0.8%
N/A+2.5%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.90
+0.6%
N/A+1.3%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$21.04
+1.4%
N/A+2.8%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$12.00
+0.9%
N/A-12.7%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.79
+1.3%
N/A-5.3%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.02
+0.2%
N/A+1.8%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/AEarnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.14
+0.2%
N/A-1.8%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.09
+0.1%
N/A-4.6%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$10.74
+0.0%
N/A+2.3%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.61
+0.1%
N/A-4.0%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
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