John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Competitors

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE:HPS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is AOD or HPS a better dividend stock?

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AOD or HPS?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	$94.38M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	$54.64M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer AOD or HPS?

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's score of 0.88 indicating that Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AOD or HPS more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III on 3 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.