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

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), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), 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.

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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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%

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

In the previous week, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.96 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 1.54 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 5 of the 7 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$636.27M$636.22M$11.58B$20.03B
Dividend Yield7.66%7.66%5.38%3.65%
P/E RatioN/AN/A24.1134.84
Price / SalesN/AN/A26.3115.64
Price / CashN/AN/A18.1520.85
Price / BookN/AN/A2.594.92
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.12%-0.12%-1.36%-1.10%
1 Month Performance0.54%0.54%0.25%-1.44%
1 Year Performance16.85%16.85%15.26%13.91%

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$12.94
+0.3%
N/A+16.7%$636.27MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$14.82
-0.1%
N/A+5.0%$2.27BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$7.06
+0.4%
N/A+7.4%$1.91BN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$16.14
-0.2%
N/A+11.2%$1.86B$151.28M0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.7919 of 5 stars
$5.17
+0.4%
N/A+0.4%$1.79B$194.42M6.23601Positive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.67
+0.5%
N/A+0.2%$1.68B$211.29M0.00147,000
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.54
+0.1%
N/A+5.9%$1.67B$147.98M0.00N/APositive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$16.66
-0.7%
N/A+16.0%$1.61BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.0106 of 5 stars
$12.69
+0.7%
$13.00
+2.5%
-14.0%$1.49B$454.91M18.12N/AUpcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$47.65
+0.2%
N/A+24.5%$1.35BN/A0.006News Coverage
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
1.8525 of 5 stars
$14.12
+0.4%
$14.86
+5.2%
+4.3%$1.32B$276.52M9.05N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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