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PDT vs. PTY, ADX, USA, GAB, STEW, OXLC, RVT, BCAT, CET, and GSBD

Should you be buying John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund include PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Royce Value Trust (RVT), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund vs.

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundN/A N/A N/A
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 3 more outperform votes than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundOutperform Votes
124
64.92%
Underperform Votes
67
35.08%
John Hancock Premium Dividend FundOutperform Votes
121
64.71%
Underperform Votes
66
35.29%

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%.

In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Very Positive
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund$230.95M10.36N/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund$198.30M3.07N/AN/AN/A

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PDT vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundManagement investment, open IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$607.93M$607.93M$10.83B$18.42B
Dividend Yield8.20%8.20%6.00%4.22%
P/E RatioN/AN/A21.6731.10
Price / Sales3.073.0725.4326.57
Price / CashN/AN/A17.6117.54
Price / BookN/AN/A2.564.30
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.53%2.53%2.71%2.90%
1 Month Performance-3.55%-3.55%-3.76%-7.77%
1 Year Performance14.44%14.44%535.17%2.31%

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$12.36
+1.0%
N/A+13.7%$607.93M$198.30M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$12.94
+1.4%
N/A-3.2%$2.35B$230.95M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$18.58
+1.3%
N/A-4.1%$2.18B$564.12M0.0030News Coverage
Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.34
+0.3%
N/A-9.0%$1.72B$259.99M0.00N/ADividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.29
+1.1%
N/A-0.6%$1.63B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.76
+1.5%
N/A+15.3%$1.62B$550.34M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.1164 of 5 stars
$4.47
+0.9%
N/A-12.0%$1.55B$194.42M5.39601Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$13.26
+0.5%
N/A-5.8%$1.53B$9.80M0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.20
+0.8%
N/A-10.6%$1.53B$197.67M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$43.39
+1.1%
N/A+5.3%$1.26B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.2045 of 5 stars
$10.21
+1.0%
$13.00
+27.3%
-30.8%$1.20B$78.71M14.59N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage

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