HQH vs. ADX, PTY, GAB, RVT, NUV, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, and GSBD
Should you be buying abrdn Healthcare Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Healthcare Investors include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Central Securities (CET), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
abrdn Healthcare Investors vs. Its Competitors
Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of abrdn Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 1 mentions for abrdn Healthcare Investors. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat abrdn Healthcare Investors' score of 1.29 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. abrdn Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%.
Summary
Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats abrdn Healthcare Investors on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HQH) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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