HPI vs RC Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high-level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.

Ready Capital Corp is a real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances, and services LMM loans, SBA loans, construction loans, USDA loans and, to a lesser extent, MBS collateralized mainly by LMM loans or other real estate-related investments. Its loans are used by businesses to purchase real estate used in their operations or by investors seeking to acquire multi-family, office, retail, mixed use or warehouse properties. It operates through two segments: LMM Commercial Real Estate, which originates LMM loans across the life-cycle of an LMM property including construction, bridge, stabilized and agency loan channels, and Small Business Lending, which acquires, originates and services owner-occupied loans guaranteed by the SBA and also originates and services USDA loans.