Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NIE) Competitors $24.38 +0.07 (+0.29%) (As of 01:46 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends NIE vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYTShould you be buying Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), 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. Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund vs. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Advent Convertible and Income Fund AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NYSE:NIE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking. Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGD or NIE? Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 23 more outperform votes than Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes10862.79% Underperform Votes6437.21% Virtus Equity & Convertible Income FundOutperform Votes8564.89% Underperform Votes4635.11% Which has higher earnings & valuation, AGD or NIE? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/AVirtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund$80.98MN/AN/AN/AN/A Is AGD or NIE a better dividend stock? Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Is AGD or NIE more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the media refer more to AGD or NIE? In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund. Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Positive SummaryAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NIE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVirtus Equity & Convertible Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket CapN/A$828.82M$3.32B$19.67BDividend Yield0.08%13.33%4.55%3.51%P/E RatioN/A766.68449.9043.79Price / SalesN/A13,818.493,193.1217.64Price / CashN/A79.9548.1721.73Price / BookN/A1.711.505.46Net IncomeN/A$57.36M$396.05M$987.68M7 Day Performance-2.49%-0.73%6.10%-2.32%1 Month Performance1.76%12.30%8.92%0.63%1 Year Performance16.93%7.23%11.45%16.39% Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NIEVirtus Equity & Convertible Income FundN/A$24.38+0.3%N/A+17.5%$0.00$80.98M0.00N/APositive NewsAGDAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A$10.09+0.2%N/A+6.6%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑AWPabrdn Global Premier Properties FundN/A$4.12flatN/A+3.7%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive NewsTHWAbrdn World Healthcare FundN/A$11.42-1.0%N/A-5.1%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AAVKAdvent Convertible and Income FundN/A$12.23flatN/A+10.1%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓AWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.81-0.5%N/A+6.8%$0.00$152.17M0.00N/AAFBAllianceBernstein National Municipal Income FundN/A$11.19-1.0%N/A+3.7%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/APositive NewsARDCAres Dynamic Credit Allocation FundN/A$15.32flatN/A+14.1%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ABFZBlackRock California Municipal Income TrustN/A$11.63-0.2%N/A-1.4%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ABHKBlackRock Core Bond TrustN/A$11.00-0.1%N/A+0.3%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsHYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield FundN/A$9.90+0.2%N/A+6.6%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AGD Alternatives AWP Alternatives THW Alternatives AVK Alternatives AWF Alternatives AFB Alternatives ARDC Alternatives BFZ Alternatives BHK Alternatives HYT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:NIE) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHealthcare Takes A Big Step Forward With The Help of A.I.To date, we've seen baseline AI models lay the groundwork. 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