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

$4.24 +0.09 (+2.17%)
(As of 12/24/2024 04:45 PM ET)

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

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 National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT), and BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund vs.

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

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

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

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

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

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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FGB vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.09B$3.72B$19.41B
Dividend Yield0.11%4.66%4.43%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A808.65421.3041.50
Price / SalesN/A1,463.831,748.9218.17
Price / CashN/A64.8552.4921.28
Price / BookN/A1.151.925.36
Net IncomeN/A$63.97M$435.92M$990.70M
7 Day Performance3.16%0.33%2.24%1.60%
1 Month Performance0.47%-0.04%1.67%-4.80%
1 Year Performance21.84%7.74%10.39%12.51%

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$4.24
+2.2%
N/A+21.7%$0.00$17.98M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.98
+1.1%
N/A+6.8%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/A
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.91
flat
N/A+3.1%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/A
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.12
+1.2%
N/A-5.4%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.75
-0.9%
N/A+6.1%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/APositive News
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.92
-0.5%
N/A-0.5%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.99
+0.3%
N/A+13.3%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.22
-0.9%
N/A-5.5%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$10.56
flat
N/A-2.5%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/A
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.75
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/A
BTZ
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
N/A$10.49
+0.1%
N/A+2.8%$0.00$99.39M0.00N/A

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