MFS Charter Income Trust (MCR) Competitors

MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE:MCR) and Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MCR or AOD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MFS Charter Income Trust	$18.75M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$94.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MCR or AOD more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MFS Charter Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to MCR or AOD?

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than MFS Charter Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for MFS Charter Income Trust. MFS Charter Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that MFS Charter Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MFS Charter Income Trust	Very Positive
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	Neutral

Is MCR or AOD a better dividend stock?

MFS Charter Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%.

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats MFS Charter Income Trust on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.