John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (HPF) Competitors

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

Is AGD or HPF 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 II	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGD or HPF?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 7 more outperform votes than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II 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 II	Outperform Votes 101 68.24%	Underperform Votes 47 31.76%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AGD or HPF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II	$49.99M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AGD or HPF a better dividend stock?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%.

Does the media prefer AGD or HPF?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.