John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HPS or AGD?

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

Is HPS or AGD more profitable?

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

Does the media favor HPS or AGD?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's score of -1.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is HPS or AGD a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HPS or AGD?

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

Do analysts rate HPS or AGD?

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

Summary

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.