IFN vs. BTO, VKQ, VGM, DSU, PEO, MYD, MUJ, VCV, RMT, and VMO
Should you be buying The India Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The India Fund include John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), and Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation 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.
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. Comparatively, The India Fund has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less 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 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
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. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat The India 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats The India Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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