PDT vs. EZPW, GAMI, GOOD, FRPH, UVE, VINP, VEL, BTO, QD, and CPF
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 EZCORP (EZPW), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), FRP (FRPH), Universal Insurance (UVE), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), Velocity Financial (VEL), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Qudian (QD), and Central Pacific Financial (CPF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EZCORP received 203 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 56.35% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.
EZCORP has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund.
EZCORP has a net margin of 7.05% compared to EZCORP's net margin of 0.00%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's return on equity of 10.55% beat EZCORP's return on equity.
In the previous week, EZCORP had 8 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for EZCORP and 1 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.73 indicating that John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EZCORP currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.18%. Given John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe EZCORP is more favorable than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund.
EZCORP has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EZCORP beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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