BTO vs. FSCO, OXLC, PUYI, EMD, DHF, PFX, SVVC, AGD, AWP, and THQ
Should you be buying John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund include FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), PhenixFIN (PFX), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), and Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ).
FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. FS Credit Opportunities has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 156 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 1 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. FS Credit Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.89 indicating that John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FS Credit Opportunities and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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