HPF vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, AFT, and AIF
Should you be buying John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT), and Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%.
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.
In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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