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John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors

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PDT vs. PTY, ADX, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, and CET

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), 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.

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.

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 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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund$198.30M3.28N/AN/AN/A
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund$230.95M10.84N/AN/AN/A

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%.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Hancock Premium Dividend FundOutperform Votes
121
64.71%
Underperform Votes
66
35.29%
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity FundOutperform Votes
124
64.92%
Underperform Votes
67
35.08%

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.

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.

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PDT vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Premium Dividend FundManagement investment, open IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$644.82M$644.82M$11.70B$19.80B
Dividend Yield7.55%7.55%5.68%3.85%
P/E RatioN/AN/A23.1035.71
Price / Sales3.283.2826.8645.94
Price / CashN/AN/A17.6017.52
Price / BookN/AN/A2.864.84
Net IncomeN/AN/A$1.04B$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDT
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
N/A$13.21
+0.8%
N/A+15.4%$644.82M$198.30M0.00147,000
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.78
+0.2%
N/A-5.6%$2.50B$230.95M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$20.55
+0.5%
N/A+0.7%$2.42B$564.12M0.0030Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.67
+0.7%
N/A-0.2%$1.81B$259.99M0.00N/A
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.55
-0.2%
N/A+1.1%$1.77B$200.53M0.00640Positive News
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.77
+0.2%
N/A+5.7%$1.77B$203.01M0.00N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$14.74
-0.8%
N/A+3.9%$1.70B$9.80M0.0050
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.56
-0.4%
N/A+20.3%$1.69B$550.34M0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.09
+1.3%
N/A-8.5%$1.62B$197.67M0.00147,000Dividend Cut
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
0.9918 of 5 stars
$4.50
-0.7%
N/A-20.0%$1.56B$57.31M5.42601
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.70
+0.5%
N/A+8.7%$1.35B$296.20M0.006Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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