John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors $12.70 -0.13 (-0.98%) As of 03:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PDT vs. ADX, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, CET, and GSBDShould you be buying John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), 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 Premium Dividend Fund vs. Adams Diversified Equity Fund Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Nuveen Municipal Value Fund The Gabelli Equity Trust Royce Value Trust SRH Total Return Fund Oxford Lane Capital BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Central Securities Goldman Sachs BDC Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability. Is ADX or PDT more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Adams Diversified Equity FundN/A N/A N/A John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADX or PDT? Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 25 more outperform votes than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAdams Diversified Equity FundOutperform Votes14653.09% Underperform Votes12946.91% John Hancock Premium Dividend FundOutperform Votes12164.71% Underperform Votes6635.29% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ADX or PDT? 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ADX or PDT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAdams Diversified Equity Fund$564.12M4.24N/AN/AN/AJohn Hancock Premium Dividend Fund$198.30M3.19N/AN/AN/A Is ADX or PDT a better dividend stock? Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Does the media refer more to ADX or PDT? In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.22 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 5 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 Premium Dividend Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or PDT? Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAdams Diversified Equity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PDT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PDT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundManagement investment, open IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$630.55M$630.55M$11.64B$19.70BDividend Yield7.75%7.75%5.46%3.84%P/E RatioN/AN/A22.8435.13Price / Sales3.193.1927.5936.36Price / CashN/AN/A17.6217.51Price / BookN/AN/A2.854.78Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.13%3.13%1.72%1.62%1 Month Performance5.94%5.94%9.94%13.00%1 Year Performance8.90%8.90%538.82%5.59% John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PDTJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A$12.70-1.0%N/A+9.5%$624.45M$198.30M0.00147,000News CoverageADXAdams Diversified Equity FundN/A$19.83+2.9%N/A+1.1%$2.33B$564.12M0.0030Positive NewsUSALiberty All-Star Equity FundN/A$6.67+2.2%N/A-2.0%$1.81B$259.99M0.00N/AUpcoming EarningsNUVNuveen Municipal Value FundN/A$8.69-0.3%N/A-0.3%$1.80B$200.53M0.00640GABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.72+2.2%N/A+3.2%$1.76B$203.01M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$15.01+4.0%N/A-0.1%$1.73B$9.80M0.0050Positive NewsSTEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$17.60+1.5%N/A+21.6%$1.70B$550.34M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeOXLCOxford Lane Capital2.0687 of 5 stars$4.83+1.0%N/A-15.1%$1.67B$194.42M5.82601News CoveragePositive NewsBCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.20+2.5%N/A-10.2%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$46.45+2.4%N/A+7.8%$1.34B$296.20M0.006Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.4088 of 5 stars$11.07+2.3%$12.00+8.5%-25.6%$1.30B$78.71M15.81N/APositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Adams Diversified Equity Fund Competitors Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Competitors Nuveen Municipal Value Fund Competitors The Gabelli Equity Trust Competitors Royce Value Trust Competitors SRH Total Return Fund Competitors Oxford Lane Capital Competitors BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors Central Securities Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PDT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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