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John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors

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$13.36 -0.05 (-0.34%)
Closing price 08/13/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$13.40 +0.04 (+0.26%)
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PDT vs. PTY, ADX, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, and GSBD

Should you be buying John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund include Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Central Securities (CET), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund vs. Its Competitors

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) and Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Hancock Premium Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.67 indicating that Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%.

13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 3 of the 4 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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PDT vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$659.57M$3.89B$12.36B$20.86B
Dividend Yield7.38%6.55%5.58%3.60%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.7828.45
Price / SalesN/A18.0926.6681.64
Price / CashN/A18.1721.5623.46
Price / BookN/A1.132.255.45
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.00B$994.60M
7 Day Performance-0.52%1.01%2.37%3.03%
1 Month Performance1.63%1.48%1.64%1.91%
1 Year Performance8.66%2.48%545.03%16.34%

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.37
-0.3%
N/A+8.2%$659.57MN/A0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$14.04
+0.4%
N/A-1.8%$2.54BN/A0.00147,000Ex-Dividend
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.45
+1.4%
N/A+7.2%$2.49BN/A0.0030Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.59
-0.4%
N/A-1.4%$1.79BN/A0.00640Positive News
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.87
+0.8%
N/A+14.3%$1.79BN/A0.00N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.24
+2.0%
N/A+6.4%$1.72BN/A0.0050Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.58
-0.2%
N/A+19.8%$1.70BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.93
+0.8%
N/A-5.7%$1.60B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.9481 of 5 stars
$3.45
-0.6%
N/A-35.2%$1.56B$57.31M4.16601
CET
Central Securities
N/A$48.35
+0.7%
N/A+15.7%$1.40B$296.20M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.6253 of 5 stars
$11.11
+0.6%
$12.00
+8.0%
-16.3%$1.29B$434.37M24.69N/ANews Coverage
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