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$7.73 -0.01 (-0.13%)
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FT vs. BTO, CGBD, ASA, PDT, ECC, DSU, PEO, CION, IFN, and RMT

Should you be buying Franklin Universal Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Universal Trust include John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), and Royce Otc Micro (RMT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Franklin Universal Trust vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT) and John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.

19.5% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Franklin Universal Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Universal TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund$142.41M5.02N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Franklin Universal Trust had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Franklin Universal Trust and 0 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. Franklin Universal Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Universal Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Franklin Universal Trust Positive
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Neutral

Franklin Universal Trust has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Franklin Universal Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Universal TrustN/A N/A N/A
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund beats Franklin Universal Trust on 4 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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FT vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin Universal TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$194.26M$3.78B$12.03B$20.67B
Dividend Yield6.59%6.73%5.54%3.71%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.2927.86
Price / SalesN/A21.6426.0356.13
Price / CashN/A17.9418.5517.92
Price / BookN/A1.182.294.60
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$992.75M$989.89M
7 Day Performance1.84%0.03%0.52%0.43%
1 Month Performance2.52%2.03%4.38%5.50%
1 Year Performance12.35%0.53%538.82%9.92%

Franklin Universal Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FT
Franklin Universal Trust
N/A$7.73
-0.1%
N/A+11.1%$194.26MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$36.32
-0.8%
N/A+21.2%$723.15MN/A0.002,719
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.38 of 5 stars
$13.78
-1.0%
$14.75
+7.0%
-22.6%$709.32M$232.59M10.21N/APositive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$32.44
+1.0%
N/A+61.5%$691.37MN/A0.001,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.35
+0.1%
N/A+11.4%$656.13M$198.30M0.00147,000
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
1.1934 of 5 stars
$7.75
-0.3%
$8.67
+11.8%
-25.3%$597.89M$179.77M-19.37N/A
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.56
-0.7%
N/A-3.0%$579.02MN/A0.00N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.64
-1.1%
N/A-6.7%$574.95MN/A0.0018Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CION
CION Investment
1.8022 of 5 stars
$9.66
-1.7%
$11.00
+13.9%
-19.6%$517.92M$252.43M-33.31N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
IFN
India Fund
N/A$16.30
-1.3%
N/A-11.2%$512.73M$110.12M0.0021,000Positive News
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.56
-0.7%
N/A+0.1%$488.07MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage

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