HPS vs SIGA Comparison

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its 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 the objectives by investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. The portfolio composition of the company consists of the U.S. preferred securities, foreign preferred securities, common stocks, corporate bonds, and the short-term investments.

SIGA Technologies Inc a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company sells its product, TPOX oral TPOXX, also known as tecovirimat, Tecovirimat-SIGA, or TEPOXX (tecovirimat) in certain international markets, to the U.S. Government and international governments (including government-affiliated entities). The Company operates in one single operating and reportable segment, which includes all activities related to the sale of the Company's Oral and IV TPOXX as well as research and development services.