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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media prefer 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. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has preferable 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	$17.85M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

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 8.5%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%.

Summary

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.