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John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors

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$13.35 -0.07 (-0.53%)
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$13.35 +0.00 (+0.01%)
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PDT vs. PTY, ADX, RVT, GAB, NUV, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, 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), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), 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. Its Competitors

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

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

In the previous week, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and 2 mentions for Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.35 indicating that Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
1 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. 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 has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Summary

Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PDT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$656.64M$3.94B$12.40B$21.16B
Dividend Yield7.39%6.19%5.42%3.51%
P/E RatioN/AN/A228.9429.10
Price / SalesN/A39.8732.0447.92
Price / CashN/A18.0019.0618.29
Price / BookN/A1.132.335.30
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$998.51M
7 Day Performance-0.57%0.30%-0.22%-0.57%
1 Month Performance0.03%2.49%4.16%6.43%
1 Year Performance1.51%1.79%541.30%13.75%

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$13.35
-0.5%
N/A+2.2%$656.64MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$14.09
+0.1%
N/A-0.8%$2.56BN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.60
-0.2%
N/A+0.3%$2.55BN/A0.0030News Coverage
Positive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.98
+0.4%
N/A+2.9%$1.90BN/A0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$6.01
+0.1%
N/A+9.2%$1.84BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.64
-0.3%
N/A-1.4%$1.80BN/A0.00640News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$18.20
+0.0%
N/A+16.0%$1.76BN/A0.00N/A
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.1762 of 5 stars
$3.63
+1.7%
N/A-31.2%$1.65B$57.31M4.37601Stock Split
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.79
-0.2%
N/A-10.0%$1.59B$197.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Negative News
Short Interest ↑
CET
Central Securities
N/A$49.93
-0.1%
N/A+12.0%$1.44B$222.17M0.006News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.2754 of 5 stars
$11.29
-1.2%
$10.00
-11.4%
-19.6%$1.30B$161.13M8.96N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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