Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HIO or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	$48.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$17.85M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is HIO or AGD a better dividend stock?

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%.

Does the media favor HIO or AGD?

In the previous week, Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's score of -0.05 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	Neutral
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Neutral

Is HIO or AGD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HIO or AGD?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 32 more outperform votes than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 76 68.47%	Underperform Votes 35 31.53%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Summary

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.