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First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (FGB) Competitors

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$4.16 +0.03 (+0.73%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

FGB vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), 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 Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund vs.

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:FGB) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund$17.98MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 35 more outperform votes than First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundOutperform Votes
73
68.87%
Underperform Votes
33
31.13%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

In the previous week, First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Summary

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FGB vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$943.12M$3.78B$20.35B
Dividend Yield0.11%5.67%4.37%3.48%
P/E RatioN/A762.00400.9643.42
Price / SalesN/A3,941.872,502.6219.19
Price / CashN/A48.9643.3621.69
Price / BookN/A1.641.464.72
Net IncomeN/A$59.78M$455.76M$987.19M
7 Day Performance-2.12%0.65%1.18%3.79%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.63%2.00%4.51%
1 Year Performance25.30%11.17%15.69%27.15%

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGB
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$4.16
+0.7%
N/A+23.1%$0.00$17.98M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.11
+0.8%
N/A+11.4%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.35
+0.7%
N/A+21.2%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.92
-0.3%
N/A+5.3%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.85
-0.1%
N/A+15.8%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/ANews Coverage
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.91
+0.6%
N/A+11.9%$0.00$126.10M0.00N/ANegative News
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.22
-0.1%
N/A+10.0%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/ANews Coverage
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.26
-0.1%
N/A+20.1%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.49
flat
N/A+3.8%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ANews Coverage
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$11.20
flat
N/A+9.6%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/ANews Coverage
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.94
+0.8%
N/A+14.7%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/ANews Coverage

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