ZTR vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, VPV, and JOF
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 National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:ZTR) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
47.1% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of abrdn National Municipal Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund received 123 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 7 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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