MTLS vs HPI Comparison

Materialise NV is a provider of 3D printing services. The products and services of the group are organized in three segments: Medical segment, which develops and delivers medical software solutions, medical devices, and other related products and services; Software segment, which develops and delivers additive manufacturing software solutions and related services; and Manufacturing segment, which delivers 3D printed products and related services. Its geographical segments are the United States, the Americas (excluding the USA), Belgium, Germany, Poland, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Other Europe, and the Asia Pacific.

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.