PTMN vs. PDT, MUJ, CION, PEO, ASA, RMT, IFN, TYG, MVF, and MCI
Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), CION Investment (CION), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), The India Fund (IFN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), and Barings Corporate Investors (MCI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Portman Ridge Finance vs.
Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN) and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund received 83 more outperform votes than Portman Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Portman Ridge Finance an outperform vote.
Portman Ridge Finance has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund.
30.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Portman Ridge Finance has a net margin of 5.47% compared to John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity of 14.68% beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's return on equity.
Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.97 indicating that John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Portman Ridge Finance presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.20%. Given Portman Ridge Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Portman Ridge Finance is more favorable than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund.
Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 746.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Portman Ridge Finance beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTMN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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