John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Competitors

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE:HPS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the media favor AGD or HPS?

In the previous week, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Neutral
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	Neutral

Is AGD or HPS more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AGD or HPS?

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III received 173 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.16% of users gave John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	Outperform Votes 281 82.16%	Underperform Votes 61 17.84%

Which has better valuation & earnings, AGD or HPS?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$9.11M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	$3.24M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend AGD or HPS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AGD or HPS a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

Summary

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.