ZTR vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT
Should you be buying Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Virtus Global Dividend & Income 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.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund vs.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of -0.09 indicating that Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund received 15 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ZTR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
