BTO vs. FSCO, OXLC, PUYI, EMD, DHF, PFX, SVVC, AGD, AWP, and THQ
Should you be buying John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund include FS Credit Opportunities (FSCO), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Highest Performances (PUYI), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), PhenixFIN (PFX), Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), and Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ).
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (NYSE:BTO) and FS Credit Opportunities (NYSE:FSCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund received 156 more outperform votes than FS Credit Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.
19.6% of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS Credit Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. FS Credit Opportunities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.
In the previous week, FS Credit Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FS Credit Opportunities and 1 mentions for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat FS Credit Opportunities' score of 0.89 indicating that John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Credit Opportunities has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FS Credit Opportunities beats John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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