John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors $12.98 +0.07 (+0.50%) As of 03:52 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PDT vs. ADX, USA, GAB, RVT, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, GSBD, CET, and MFICShould you be buying John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund vs. Adams Diversified Equity Fund Liberty All-Star Equity Fund The Gabelli Equity Trust Royce Value Trust SRH Total Return Fund Oxford Lane Capital BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability. Is ADX or PDT more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Adams Diversified Equity FundN/A N/A N/A John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A Is ADX or PDT a better dividend stock? Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Do institutionals & insiders believe in ADX or PDT? 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, ADX or PDT? Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer ADX or PDT? In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.08 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Adams Diversified Equity Fund 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ADX or PDT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAdams Diversified Equity Fund$564.12M3.95N/AN/AN/AJohn Hancock Premium Dividend Fund$198.30M3.22N/AN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADX or PDT? Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 25 more outperform votes than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAdams Diversified Equity FundOutperform Votes14653.09% Underperform Votes12946.91% John Hancock Premium Dividend FundOutperform Votes12164.71% Underperform Votes6635.29% SummaryAdams Diversified Equity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PDT 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 PDT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundManagement investment, open IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$638.91M$639.41M$11.25B$19.33BDividend Yield7.63%7.63%5.57%3.75%P/E RatioN/AN/A22.6332.92Price / Sales3.223.2225.7226.59Price / CashN/AN/A17.6117.54Price / BookN/AN/A2.744.52Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance0.39%0.43%0.23%-1.37%1 Month Performance0.19%0.23%495.53%-4.11%1 Year Performance11.46%11.50%533.10%3.29% John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.99+0.5%N/A+10.8%$638.91M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑ADXAdams Diversified Equity FundN/A$19.44+1.5%N/A-1.3%$2.29B$564.12M0.0030News CoveragePositive NewsUSALiberty All-Star Equity FundN/A$6.74+1.4%N/A-6.8%$1.82B$259.99M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsGABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.67+1.2%N/A-0.3%$1.71B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$14.71+1.5%N/A-3.9%$1.70B$9.80M0.0050News CoveragePositive NewsSTEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$16.79+0.9%N/A+16.3%$1.62B$550.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑News CoverageOXLCOxford Lane Capital1.2981 of 5 stars$4.60+0.7%N/A-8.3%$1.59B$194.42M5.54601Short Interest ↑BCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$14.66-0.1%N/A-11.5%$1.58B$197.67M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.5969 of 5 stars$12.28+0.1%$13.00+5.9%-17.6%$1.44B$78.71M17.54N/APositive NewsCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$45.64+0.8%N/A+9.5%$1.32B$296.20M0.006Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMFICMidCap Financial Investment3.027 of 5 stars$13.04+0.5%$14.60+12.0%-11.3%$1.22B$110.35M8.36N/AShort Interest ↑Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Adams Diversified Equity Fund Competitors Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Competitors The Gabelli Equity Trust Competitors Royce Value Trust Competitors SRH Total Return Fund Competitors Oxford Lane Capital Competitors BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors Central Securities Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PDT) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Warns: Exec Order 14024 Targets DollarExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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