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John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) Competitors

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$34.46 -0.62 (-1.77%)
Closing price 08/1/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$34.42 -0.04 (-0.12%)
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BTO vs. ADX, PTY, GAB, OXLC, NUV, RVT, STEW, BCAT, CET, and GSBD

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), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund$564.12M4.41N/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund$142.41M4.78N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund and Adams Diversified Equity Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 1.23 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BTO vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$680.70M$3.76B$12.04B$20.68B
Dividend Yield7.40%6.66%5.62%3.67%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7429.07
Price / Sales4.7823.2325.9266.27
Price / CashN/A18.0121.3322.84
Price / BookN/A1.082.094.43
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-4.06%-0.25%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-5.37%-0.89%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance11.99%0.83%537.06%10.15%

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$34.46
-1.8%
N/A+8.2%$680.70M$142.41M0.002,719News Coverage
Positive News
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.93
-0.3%
N/A-0.8%$2.59BN/A0.0030Positive News
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.78
+0.0%
N/A-2.5%$2.50BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.89
-0.4%
N/A+8.0%$1.82BN/A0.00N/A
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.1336 of 5 stars
$3.87
-2.5%
N/A-37.1%$1.80B$57.31M4.66601Positive News
High Trading Volume
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.55
-0.5%
N/A-2.4%$1.78BN/A0.00640News Coverage
Positive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.30
+0.2%
N/A-4.3%$1.76BN/A0.0050
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.65
+0.3%
N/A+15.6%$1.70BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.90
-1.0%
N/A-9.8%$1.60B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News
CET
Central Securities
N/A$48.50
+0.2%
N/A+11.0%$1.40B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.6369 of 5 stars
$11.63
-2.1%
$12.00
+3.2%
-25.9%$1.39B$434.37M25.83N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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