BTO vs. PTY, ADX, USA, NUV, RVT, GAB, STEW, OXLC, 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 PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), 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.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.
10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.72 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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