John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Competitors

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) and FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate PDT or FRPH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
FRP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, PDT or FRPH?

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FRP has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PDT or FRPH?

In the previous week, FRP had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FRP and 1 mentions for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund. FRP's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that FRP 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FRP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, PDT or FRPH?

FRP has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FRP	$41.51M	13.53	$5.30M	$0.28	107.49

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PDT or FRPH?

13.0% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of FRP shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of FRP shares are held by company insiders. 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.

Is PDT or FRPH more profitable?

FRP has a net margin of 12.77% compared to John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FRP's return on equity of 1.19% beat John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
FRP	12.77%	1.19%	0.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDT or FRPH?

FRP received 147 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 64.27% of users gave FRP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 121 64.71%	Underperform Votes 66 35.29%
FRP	Outperform Votes 268 64.27%	Underperform Votes 149 35.73%

Summary

FRP beats John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.