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Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund (GDO) Competitors

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$11.23 +0.01 (+0.09%)
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GDO vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), 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), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund vs.

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

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund$30.41MN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund. Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 1.11 indicating that Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 42 more outperform votes than Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.08% of users gave Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity 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%
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity FundOutperform Votes
66
64.08%
Underperform Votes
37
35.92%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GDO vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.17B$3.90B$20.37B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.68%4.44%3.62%
P/E RatioN/A818.58434.8742.15
Price / SalesN/A1,484.722,113.1216.67
Price / CashN/A66.0952.8620.36
Price / BookN/A1.191.915.93
Net IncomeN/A$63.37M$440.80M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.88%0.03%0.93%0.47%
1 Month Performance0.72%2.54%4.13%5.56%
1 Year Performance-9.44%9.90%14.93%17.41%

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDO
Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund
N/A$11.23
+0.1%
N/A-9.9%$0.00$30.41M0.0011,600Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.19
+0.5%
N/A+7.9%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.00
+1.1%
N/A+4.4%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/APositive News
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$19.96
+0.2%
N/A+14.1%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.66
+0.4%
N/A-4.1%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.15
+0.2%
N/A+3.5%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.01
+0.2%
N/A+2.8%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.21
+0.5%
N/A+10.8%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.34
+0.5%
N/A-4.4%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/AInsider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$10.41
-0.2%
N/A-3.8%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.79
+0.5%
N/A+2.1%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑

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