HIO vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT
Should you be buying Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset High Income 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 High Income Opportunity Fund vs.
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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
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.
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HIO) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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