JHS vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, VPV, and JOF
Should you be buying John Hancock Income Securities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Income Securities Trust include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. John Hancock Income Securities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Income Securities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund and 0 mentions for John Hancock Income Securities Trust. John Hancock Income Securities Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn National Municipal Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust received 137 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund beats John Hancock Income Securities Trust on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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