John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (HPI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to HPI or AGD?

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund	Negative
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Positive

Is HPI or AGD more profitable?

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

Is HPI or AGD a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HPI or AGD?

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 3 more outperform votes than John Hancock Preferred Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.63% of users gave John Hancock Preferred Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund	Outperform Votes 105 68.63%	Underperform Votes 48 31.37%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HPI or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund	$61.75M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

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