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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) Competitors

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$36.24 -0.39 (-1.06%)
As of 03:27 PM Eastern

BTO vs. ADX, PTY, OXLC, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, and CET

Should you be buying John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund vs. Its Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity FundN/A N/A N/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BTO vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$713.80M$3.69B$11.89B$20.44B
Dividend Yield7.10%6.77%5.53%3.72%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.9727.81
Price / SalesN/A19.0325.6237.98
Price / CashN/A17.7518.7218.22
Price / BookN/A1.152.254.58
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.18%0.33%1.47%1.75%
1 Month Performance4.78%1.86%3.50%4.26%
1 Year Performance29.33%2.19%542.44%14.33%

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.24
-1.1%
N/A+31.0%$715.38MN/A0.002,719
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.75
+1.3%
N/A-0.5%$2.53BN/A0.0030Positive News
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.90
+0.9%
N/A-3.8%$2.50BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.6146 of 5 stars
$4.20
+1.4%
N/A-23.9%$1.90B$57.31M5.06601Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.85
+1.2%
N/A+0.3%$1.83BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.71
+0.3%
N/A+0.7%$1.80BN/A0.00640Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.82
+0.7%
N/A+12.5%$1.78BN/A0.00N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.06
+0.8%
N/A+8.4%$1.72BN/A0.0050
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.68
+0.7%
N/A+22.4%$1.69BN/A0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.17
+0.5%
N/A-9.9%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CET
Central Securities
N/A$47.86
+0.2%
N/A+9.2%$1.38B$296.20M0.006Positive News

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