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Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL) Competitors

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$14.29 +0.08 (+0.56%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

HQL vs. CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, HQH, CGBD, BTO, PHK, and ECC

Should you be buying Abrdn Life Sciences Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors include Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Eagle Point Credit (ECC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Abrdn Life Sciences Investors vs.

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE:HQL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Abrdn Life Sciences Investors received 95 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Central SecuritiesN/AN/A
Abrdn Life Sciences InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
68.35%
Underperform Votes
44
31.65%

In the previous week, Central Securities had 3 more articles in the media than Abrdn Life Sciences Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Central Securities and 0 mentions for Abrdn Life Sciences Investors. Abrdn Life Sciences Investors' average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat Central Securities' score of 1.74 indicating that Abrdn Life Sciences Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Central Securities Very Positive
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors Very Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central SecuritiesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Life Sciences InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abrdn Life Sciences Investors has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Abrdn Life Sciences Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors N/A N/A N/A

8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Abrdn Life Sciences Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Abrdn Life Sciences Investors beats Central Securities on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HQL vs. The Competition

MetricAbrdn Life Sciences InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$388.65M$8.31B$10.41B$19.84B
Dividend Yield11.68%6.40%10.14%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4647.1237.73
Price / SalesN/A24.163,443.7818.01
Price / CashN/A6.9930.7717.90
Price / BookN/A0.912.484.86
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$993.44M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.90%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.55%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance22.03%11.36%24.11%24.67%

Abrdn Life Sciences Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$14.29
+0.6%
N/A+17.4%$388.65MN/A0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.26
-0.2%
N/A+27.3%$1.31BN/A0.006Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
2.1253 of 5 stars
$13.77
-0.4%
$14.71
+6.9%
+3.8%$1.29B$121.29M8.83N/AAnalyst Forecast
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
2.5703 of 5 stars
$11.52
-0.8%
$11.00
-4.5%
-10.1%$1.25B$374.84M10.97N/A
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.1326 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.2%
$17.00
+2.3%
+9.9%$1.07B$297.79M8.351,000
BBDC
Barings BDC
2.4802 of 5 stars
$10.07
flat
$10.00
-0.7%
+12.8%$1.06B$289.20M9.3226Positive News
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$17.72
+0.5%
N/A+15.5%$892.52MN/A0.00147,000
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
2.5237 of 5 stars
$16.61
+1.1%
$16.67
+0.3%
+12.8%$845.62M$241.63M9.28N/APositive News
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$37.72
+0.2%
N/A+36.2%$743.84MN/A0.002,719Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.97
-0.2%
N/A+8.4%$727.72MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
3.475 of 5 stars
$8.98
-0.9%
$10.00
+11.4%
-5.5%$690.63M$139.07M11.22N/A

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This page (NYSE:HQL) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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