BTO vs. IFN, VKQ, VGM, PEO, MUJ, DSU, MYD, VMO, VCV, and RMT
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 The India Fund (IFN), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) and The India Fund (NYSE:IFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 13 more outperform votes than The India Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 67.14% of users gave The India Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The India Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The India Fund and 0 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. The India Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The India Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.6% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of The India Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. The India Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats The India Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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