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Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Competitors

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$7.51 -0.01 (-0.13%)
(As of 11/15/2024 08:54 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Franklin Universal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Universal Trust 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.

Franklin Universal Trust vs.

Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Universal Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Franklin Universal Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Franklin Universal Trust Negative
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Universal Trust$34.97MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Universal TrustN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A

Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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 28 more outperform votes than Franklin Universal Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.52% of users gave Franklin Universal Trust an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franklin Universal TrustOutperform Votes
80
64.52%
Underperform Votes
44
35.48%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Franklin Universal Trust on 4 of the 6 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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FT vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin Universal TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$8.27B$10.13B$19.58B
Dividend Yield6.78%6.27%10.47%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4647.0842.09
Price / SalesN/A13.283,356.5416.81
Price / CashN/A6.9730.2221.29
Price / BookN/A0.953.674.38
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$979.71M$979.52M
7 Day Performance-1.18%-2.09%-0.51%-2.45%
1 Month Performance-1.05%-2.63%3.17%2.15%
1 Year Performance16.61%11.40%26.28%23.61%

Franklin Universal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FT
Franklin Universal Trust
N/A$7.51
-0.1%
N/A+16.6%$0.00$34.97M0.00N/ANegative News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.21
-0.1%
N/A+11.3%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.21
-0.9%
N/A+13.0%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Negative News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$12.15
-1.2%
N/A+5.8%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/ADividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Negative News
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.89
+0.3%
N/A+13.5%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
News Coverage
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.84
-0.5%
N/A+10.6%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.32
+0.7%
N/A+11.2%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/ANegative News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.96
flat
N/A+19.4%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.65
-0.3%
N/A+5.2%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
High Trading Volume
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$11.13
-1.7%
N/A+8.9%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.89
-0.6%
N/A+10.7%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Negative News

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