John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BTO or PTY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	$142.41M	4.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.76	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BTO or PTY?

19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BTO or PTY?

In the previous week, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund both had 2 articles in the media. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.16 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 Financial Opportunities Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BTO or PTY?

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BTO or PTY a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%.

Is BTO or PTY more profitable?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BTO or PTY?

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 32 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund	Outperform Votes 156 70.27%	Underperform Votes 66 29.73%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%

Summary

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.