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John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (HEQ) Competitors

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$10.66 +0.10 (+0.95%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

HEQ vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund vs.

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

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 36 more outperform votes than John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income FundOutperform Votes
72
68.57%
Underperform Votes
33
31.43%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund$15.51MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund. John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HEQ vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Hedged Equity & Income FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$938.83M$3.28B$19.82B
Dividend Yield0.10%5.61%4.45%3.49%
P/E RatioN/A771.07418.8742.32
Price / SalesN/A3,178.553,470.7620.75
Price / CashN/A90.8750.7621.65
Price / BookN/A1.641.414.66
Net IncomeN/A$62.36M$378.01M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-1.30%-0.44%0.07%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-2.83%-0.50%0.32%-0.47%
1 Year Performance10.47%11.51%16.69%24.69%

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HEQ
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
N/A$10.66
+0.9%
N/A+10.1%$0.00$15.51M0.00340Short Interest ↓
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.16
-0.5%
N/A+12.3%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.18
-0.7%
N/A+13.4%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.88
-2.1%
N/A+8.6%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/ADividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Negative News
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.89
-0.2%
N/A+13.6%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.75
-0.7%
N/A+12.0%$0.00N/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.36
+0.4%
N/A+12.9%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.01
+0.3%
N/A+17.3%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.69
+0.3%
N/A+6.8%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/AInsider Selling
Short Interest ↑
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$11.17
+0.1%
N/A+10.2%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.89
-0.2%
N/A+11.1%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:HEQ) was last updated on 11/16/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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