NYSE:BTO - John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund Stock Price, Forecast & News

John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BTO."

John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. View John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's Dividend History.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.50 to $7.25. On average, they expect John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's stock price to reach $5.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 83.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

News headlines about BTO stock have been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

Some companies that are related to John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund include Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate&Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Boulder Growth & Income Fund (BIF), Apollo Investment (AINV), AllianceBernstein Global Hgh Incm Fd (AWF), General American Investors (GAM), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Blackrock Muniyield Insured Fund (MYI) and Tekla Healthcare Investors (HQH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund investors own include AT&T (T), IBM (IBM), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Enbridge (ENB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), General Mills (GIS) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).

John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (1.88%), Patten & Patten Inc. TN (1.46%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (1.19%), Raymond James & Associates (1.14%), North Star Asset Management Inc. (0.77%) and Bank of America Corp DE (0.65%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

BTO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Cohen & Steers Inc., UBS Group AG, Institute for Wealth Management LLC., First Republic Investment Management Inc., Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. and North Star Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

BTO stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stifel Financial Corp, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Cetera Advisors LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Citigroup Inc. and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.

Shares of BTO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BTO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.72.

John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund has a market capitalization of $648.22 million. View Additional Information About John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.