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

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 9.2%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%.

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's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HPS or AGD?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	$66.10M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$56.61M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HPS or AGD?

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III received 173 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.16% of users gave John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III 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 III	Outperform Votes 281 82.16%	Underperform Votes 61 17.84%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%

Summary

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.