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The GDL Fund (GDL) Competitors

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$8.35 +0.00 (+0.01%)
As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GDL vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, ARDC, and BGH

Should you be buying The GDL Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GDL Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), and Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

The GDL Fund vs.

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

In the previous week, The GDL Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
The GDL Fund Neutral
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The GDL FundN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A

The GDL Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The GDL Fund$6.12MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A

The GDL Fund received 14 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave The GDL Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The GDL FundOutperform Votes
122
60.10%
Underperform Votes
81
39.90%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats The GDL Fund on 3 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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GDL vs. The Competition

MetricThe GDL FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.23B$4.26B$19.97B
Dividend Yield0.05%4.47%4.22%3.64%
P/E RatioN/A25.6915.6734.95
Price / SalesN/A2,368.401,771.8816.59
Price / CashN/A60.9249.2020.26
Price / BookN/A1.153.414.80
Net IncomeN/A$257.87M$1.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.30%-0.43%-0.32%-1.14%
1 Month Performance1.75%0.27%1.54%-1.83%
1 Year Performance6.35%9.83%14.29%13.39%

The GDL Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDL
The GDL Fund
N/A$8.36
+0.1%
N/A+6.3%$0.00$6.12M0.00147,000
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.42
+0.7%
N/A+7.9%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.04
+0.1%
N/A+7.1%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$20.47
-0.2%
N/A+4.1%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088Ex-Dividend
ACP
Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
N/A$6.19
+0.2%
N/A-9.0%$0.00$79.30M0.00N/A
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.89
+0.2%
N/A-5.3%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
Positive News
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.29
-0.4%
N/A+1.9%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/A
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.13
+0.6%
N/A+2.5%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/A
FINS
Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust
N/A$13.34
-0.8%
N/A+10.0%$0.00$32.86M0.00N/APositive News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.16
-0.5%
N/A+13.0%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BGH
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund
N/A$15.88
-0.1%
N/A+14.6%$0.00$52.04M0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:GDL) was last updated on 2/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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