Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ:AMAL) and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE:HTD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Dividends
Amalgamated Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Amalgamated Bank pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amalgamated Bank has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Amalgamated Bank and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Amalgamated Bank | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Amalgamated Bank currently has a consensus target price of $15.6667, indicating a potential downside of 9.18%. Given Amalgamated Bank's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Amalgamated Bank is more favorable than John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Amalgamated Bank and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Amalgamated Bank | $215.15 million | N/A | N/A | $1.49 | 11.58 |
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Profitability
This table compares Amalgamated Bank and John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Amalgamated Bank | N/A | N/A | N/A |
John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Amalgamated Bank beats John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.