BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Competitors

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DHF or BTO?

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 9 more outperform votes than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	Outperform Votes 147 69.34%	Underperform Votes 65 30.66%
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	Outperform Votes 156 70.27%	Underperform Votes 66 29.73%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DHF or BTO?

36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DHF or BTO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DHF or BTO?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$24.77M	7.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is DHF or BTO a better dividend stock?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%.

Is DHF or BTO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, DHF or BTO?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DHF or BTO?

In the previous week, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund both had 2 articles in the media. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.56 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.