Contrasting Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF (NASDAQ:EART) & Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD)

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF (NASDAQ:EART) are both miscellaneous companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF pays out -2,624.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	0	1	1	0	2.44

Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF has a consensus target price of $31.97, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF is more favorable than Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.3% of Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$171.00 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.01)	-4,661.03

Summary

Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF beats Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aberdeen 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.

About Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF

The Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF seeks to invest in companies that produce rare earth components, metals, and other raw or composite materials essential to the expansion of critical technologies—such as electric vehicles, energy storage, robotics, and radar systems. Targeted companies include those involved in the exploration, mining, production, and/or enhancement of materials like rare earth elements, lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite, zinc, platinum, palladium, and carbon fiber.

The fund was previously known as the Global X Disruptive Materials ETF (ticker: DMAT) until March 2, 2026, when it was renamed and rebranded to EART.