Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund (NYSE:LDP) and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF (NASDAQ:EART) Financial Analysis

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund (NYSE:LDP) and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF (NASDAQ:EART) are both miscellaneous companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund	$65.42 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.01)	-4,725.18

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund and Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	0	1	1	0	2.45

Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF has a consensus target price of $32.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF is more favorable than Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund.

Profitability

This table compares Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income 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
Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Dividends

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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.

Summary

Global X Rare Earth & Critical Materials ETF beats Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund

Cohen & Steers Ltd. Duration Preferred & Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified and closed-end management investment company, which invests in the preferred and other securities issued by the U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Its objective is to provide high current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on May 5, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.