John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Competitors

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

Is HPS or AOD more profitable?

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

Is HPS or AOD 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 8.9%. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HPS or AOD?

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

Does the media refer more to HPS or AOD?

In the previous week, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

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

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III on 2 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.