Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors $16.93 -0.70 (-3.96%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.90 -0.03 (-0.16%) As of 02/21/2025 07:24 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends MPV vs. BTO, PHK, NXP, ECC, CION, PDT, MUJ, PEO, ASA, and RMTShould you be buying Barings Participation Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barings Participation Investors include John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Barings Participation Investors vs. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund PIMCO High Income Fund Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Eagle Point Credit CION Investment John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Adams Natural Resources Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals Royce Micro-Cap Trust Barings Participation Investors (NYSE:MPV) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking. Does the media favor MPV or BTO? In the previous week, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and 0 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Barings Participation Investors Neutral John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Positive Do analysts rate MPV or BTO? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Barings Participation Investors 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Is MPV or BTO a better dividend stock? Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MPV or BTO? 19.6% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Barings Participation Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community favor MPV or BTO? John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 79 more outperform votes than Barings Participation Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Barings Participation Investors an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBarings Participation InvestorsOutperform Votes7760.16% Underperform Votes5139.84% John Hancock Financial Opportunities FundOutperform Votes15670.27% Underperform Votes6629.73% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MPV or BTO? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBarings Participation InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Which has more risk and volatility, MPV or BTO? Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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. Is MPV or BTO more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Barings Participation InvestorsN/A N/A N/A John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund N/A N/A N/A SummaryJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats Barings Participation Investors on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Barings Participation Investors News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MPV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MPV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarings Participation InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$187.27M$8.33B$11.72B$20.30BDividend Yield8.34%6.63%5.37%3.64%P/E RatioN/A0.5024.1534.87Price / SalesN/A16.7126.4415.49Price / CashN/A7.5117.9120.26Price / BookN/A1.042.594.80Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-2.47%-0.28%-1.41%-1.07%1 Month Performance4.97%1.45%0.67%-1.11%1 Year Performance9.59%5.66%14.93%13.69% Barings Participation Investors Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MPVBarings Participation InvestorsN/A$16.93-4.0%N/A+10.3%$187.27MN/A0.00900BTOJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/A$37.04-0.5%N/A+26.7%$731.15MN/A0.002,719Upcoming EarningsPHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.89-0.5%N/A-0.1%$713.85MN/A0.00147,000NXPNuveen Select Tax-Free Income PortfolioN/A$14.82-0.4%N/A+0.3%$693.49MN/A0.0040,400News CoveragePositive NewsECCEagle Point Credit2.9692 of 5 stars$8.64-0.3%$10.50+21.6%-11.7%$664.46M$139.07M10.79N/AEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageCIONCION Investment1.9656 of 5 stars$12.17+1.6%$12.25+0.6%+12.8%$648.65M$251.01M8.28N/APositive NewsPDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.95-0.1%N/A+16.8%$637.01MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsMUJBlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality FundN/A$11.500.0%N/A+0.2%$620.62MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsPEOAdams Natural Resources FundN/A$22.44+0.3%N/A+6.6%$572.44MN/A0.0018ASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$25.57-2.4%N/A+81.3%$550.25MN/A0.001,100News CoveragePositive NewsRMTRoyce Micro-Cap TrustN/A$10.02+0.3%N/A+4.7%$507.81MN/A0.00N/AUpcoming EarningsInsider TradeNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors PIMCO High Income Fund Competitors Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio Competitors Eagle Point Credit Competitors CION Investment Competitors John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund Competitors Adams Natural Resources Fund Competitors ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors Royce Micro-Cap Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:MPV) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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