John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund - BTO Stock Forecast, Price & News

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's stock was trading at $46.59 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, BTO shares have decreased by 16.3% and is now trading at $39.01.
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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,200 shares, an increase of 34.8% from the July 15th total of 18,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 38,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.
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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 24th. Investors of record on Monday, June 13th will be given a dividend of $0.65 per share on Thursday, June 30th. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.66%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 10th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55.
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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.94%. BTO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund investors own include International Business Machines (IBM), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), BP (BP), Main Street Capital (MAIN), ONEOK (OKE), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Energy Transfer (ET).

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

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (1.35%), North Star Asset Management Inc. (0.52%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.37%), UBS Group AG (0.15%), Csenge Advisory Group (0.14%) and Lincoln National Corp (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Frances G Rathke and Steven R Pruchansky.
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Shares of BTO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BTO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.01.

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) has a market capitalization of $740.80 million.

The official website for the company is www.jhfunds.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (617) 663-4497.