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 companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HPS or AGD?

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
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 prefer HPS or AGD?

In the previous week, John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III and John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III both had 1 articles in the media. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.76 indicating that John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	Positive
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 9.1%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.