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 given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.43%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 11th. View John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's Dividend History.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.50 to $7.25. On average, they anticipate John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund's stock price to reach $5.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 82.9%. 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 stories about BTO stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several 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), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate&Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), 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), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Blackrock Muniyield Insured Fund (MYI), General American Investors (GAM) 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 institutional and retail 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 bought 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 $34.20.

John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund has a market capitalization of $638.51 million. View Additional Information About John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund.