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AOD vs BX
Side-by-side comparison of abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD) and Blackstone Inc. (BX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AOD and BX operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BX is the larger of the two at $107.49B, about 105.0x AOD ($1.02B).
- Over the past year, AOD is up 16.6% and BX is down 16.6% - AOD leads by 33.2 points.
- BX has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for AOD).
- BX has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for AOD).
abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies across diversified sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. It employs fundamental analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach with a focus on factors like special dividends and dividend capture rotation to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 TR Index, MSCI ACWI Index, and MSCI AC World Daily TR Ex Japan (Gross Div) Index. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund was formed on October 27, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Blackstone Inc.
The Blackstone Group Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The fund considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. The Blackstone Group Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.
Latest AOD
- abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form N-PX filed by abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
- Certain Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- SEC Form N-2ASR filed by abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
- Certain Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- SEC Form N-CSRS filed by abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
- Certain Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- ABERDEEN INVESTMENTS U.S. CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
- Certain Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds Declare Distribution Dates and Amounts
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
Latest BX
- Blackstone to Present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Ii L.P. converted options into 571,237 shares, sold $56,210,436 worth of shares (2,572,560 units at $21.85) and disposed of 571,237 units of Class B Common Stock (SEC Form 4)
- Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $7,126,860 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (272,642 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: Large owner Blackstone Holdings Iv L.P. bought $20,125,000 worth of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (769,893 units at $26.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Legal Officer Finley John G sold $6,620,111 worth of shares (45,000 units at $147.11), decreasing direct ownership by 8% to 516,017 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Payne David sold $1,379,685 worth of shares (9,500 units at $145.23), decreasing direct ownership by 13% to 64,448 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Porat Ruth bought $62,445 worth of shares (455 units at $137.20), increasing direct ownership by 0.89% to 42,189 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Blackstone Inc.
- Chief Administrative Officer Sawhney Vikrant sold $4,066,488 worth of shares (30,000 units at $135.55), decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 869,669 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Parrett William G acquired 1,500 shares and disposed of 1,500 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 30,029 units (SEC Form 4)