First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (FGB) Competitors $4.16 +0.03 (+0.73%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends FGB vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYTShould 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. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Advent Convertible and Income Fund AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund 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. Is FGB or AGD more profitable? 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 Which has better earnings and valuation, FGB or AGD? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund$17.98MN/AN/AN/AN/AAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A Is FGB or AGD a better dividend stock? 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%. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGB or AGD? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundOutperform Votes7368.87% Underperform Votes3331.13% Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes10862.79% Underperform Votes6437.21% Does the media favor FGB or AGD? 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. Company Overall Sentiment First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund Neutral Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral SummaryFirst 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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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FGB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket CapN/A$943.12M$3.78B$20.35BDividend Yield0.11%5.67%4.37%3.48%P/E RatioN/A762.00400.9643.42Price / SalesN/A3,941.872,502.6219.19Price / CashN/A48.9643.3621.69Price / BookN/A1.641.464.72Net IncomeN/A$59.78M$455.76M$987.19M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FGBFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundN/A$4.16+0.7%N/A+23.1%$0.00$17.98M0.00N/AAGDAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A$10.11+0.8%N/A+11.4%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeAWPabrdn Global Premier Properties FundN/A$4.35+0.7%N/A+21.2%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive NewsTHWAbrdn World Healthcare FundN/A$11.92-0.3%N/A+5.3%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/AAVKAdvent Convertible and Income FundN/A$11.85-0.1%N/A+15.8%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/ANews CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.91+0.6%N/A+11.9%$0.00$126.10M0.00N/ANegative NewsAFBAllianceBernstein National Municipal Income FundN/A$11.22-0.1%N/A+10.0%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/ANews CoverageARDCAres Dynamic Credit Allocation FundN/A$15.26-0.1%N/A+20.1%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ABFZBlackRock California Municipal Income TrustN/A$11.49flatN/A+3.8%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ANews CoverageBHKBlackRock Core Bond TrustN/A$11.20flatN/A+9.6%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/ANews CoverageHYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield FundN/A$9.94+0.8%N/A+14.7%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/ANews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AGD Alternatives AWP Alternatives THW Alternatives AVK Alternatives AWF Alternatives AFB Alternatives ARDC Alternatives BFZ Alternatives BHK Alternatives HYT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:FGB) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Urgent] Starlink Set For The Largest IPO In History?He turned PayPal from a tiny, off-the-radar startup… to a massive $64 billion giant. 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