BTO vs. ADX, PTY, USA, RVT, OXLC, GAB, BCAT, STEW, GSBD, and CET
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 Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund vs.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%.
19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. 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 received 10 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.88 indicating that John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTO) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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