John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors $13.21 +0.10 (+0.76%) Closing price 06/10/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.22 +0.00 (+0.04%) As of 04:05 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PDT vs. PTY, ADX, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, and CETShould 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), 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), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund vs. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Adams Diversified Equity Fund Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Nuveen Municipal Value Fund The Gabelli Equity Trust Royce Value Trust SRH Total Return Fund BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Oxford Lane Capital Central Securities John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Is PDT or PTY more profitable? 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 Does the media favor PDT or PTY? In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and 3 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.35 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. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings and valuation, PDT or PTY? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioJohn Hancock Premium Dividend Fund$198.30M3.28N/AN/AN/APIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund$230.95M10.84N/AN/AN/A Is PDT or PTY a better dividend stock? John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDT or PTY? PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 3 more outperform votes than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundOutperform Votes12164.71% Underperform Votes6635.29% PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundOutperform Votes12464.92% Underperform Votes6735.08% Do institutionals and insiders believe in PDT or PTY? 13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, PDT or PTY? 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 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryPIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 8 of the 9 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$644.82M$644.82M$11.70B$19.80BDividend Yield7.55%7.55%5.68%3.85%P/E RatioN/AN/A23.1035.71Price / Sales3.283.2826.8645.94Price / CashN/AN/A17.6017.52Price / BookN/AN/A2.864.84Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance1.23%1.23%1.38%2.29%1 Month Performance3.61%3.61%2.73%5.86%1 Year Performance15.17%15.17%541.44%11.14% 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$13.21+0.8%N/A+15.4%$644.82M$198.30M0.00147,000PTYPIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundN/A$13.78+0.2%N/A-5.6%$2.50B$230.95M0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementADXAdams Diversified Equity FundN/A$20.55+0.5%N/A+0.7%$2.42B$564.12M0.0030Positive NewsUSALiberty All-Star Equity FundN/A$6.67+0.7%N/A-0.2%$1.81B$259.99M0.00N/ANUVNuveen Municipal Value FundN/A$8.55-0.2%N/A+1.1%$1.77B$200.53M0.00640Positive NewsGABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.77+0.2%N/A+5.7%$1.77B$203.01M0.00N/APositive NewsRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$14.74-0.8%N/A+3.9%$1.70B$9.80M0.0050STEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$17.56-0.4%N/A+20.3%$1.69B$550.34M0.00N/APositive NewsBCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.09+1.3%N/A-8.5%$1.62B$197.67M0.00147,000Dividend CutOXLCOxford Lane Capital0.9918 of 5 stars$4.50-0.7%N/A-20.0%$1.56B$57.31M5.42601CETCentral SecuritiesN/A$46.70+0.5%N/A+8.7%$1.35B$296.20M0.006Positive NewsDividend Announcement Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund Competitors 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 BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors Oxford Lane Capital Competitors Central Securities 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 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s NEXT Big IPO?Cancel your internet TODAY!? 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