John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AOD or HPS?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$94.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	$54.64M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AOD or HPS more profitable?

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

Is AOD or HPS a better dividend stock?

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

Does the media refer more to AOD or HPS?

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	Neutral
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	Positive

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.