John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors

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

Is PDT or PTY more profitable?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PDT or PTY?

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. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PDT or PTY?

13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer PDT or PTY?

In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 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 0.96 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.10 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate PDT or PTY?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings & valuation, PDT or PTY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PDT or PTY?

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.

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

Is PDT or PTY a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.