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MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors

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CIF vs. JHI, PFO, PAI, PCF, NIM, NMT, MGF, NMI, PFX, and OCCI

Should you be buying MFS Intermediate High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund include John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO), Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund (PAI), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT), Mfs Govt Mkts (MGF), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), PhenixFIN (PFX), and OFS Credit (OCCI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) and John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

6.8% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

In the previous week, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than John Hancock Investors Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MFS Intermediate High Income Fund and 0 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust. MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled John Hancock Investors Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Neutral
John Hancock Investors Trust Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund$3.04M10.45N/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Investors TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A N/A N/A
John Hancock Investors Trust N/A N/A N/A

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CIF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Intermediate High Income FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.78M$3.98B$12.76B$21.49B
Dividend Yield10.99%6.02%5.43%3.50%
P/E RatioN/AN/A242.4230.02
Price / Sales10.4529.1831.0776.45
Price / CashN/A18.6522.2024.62
Price / BookN/A1.312.344.59
Net IncomeN/A$161.89M$1.01B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-0.56%0.30%0.58%1.71%
1 Month Performance1.73%3.66%4.06%6.06%
1 Year Performance-0.56%3.09%541.02%15.44%

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIF
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
N/A$1.77
-0.3%
N/A-0.3%$31.78M$3.04M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$14.34
+0.1%
N/A+2.7%$125.40M$8.87M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
PFO
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund
N/A$9.50
+0.4%
N/A+4.9%$124.22MN/A0.00N/APositive News
PAI
Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund
N/A$12.74
flat
N/A+0.9%$121.17M$8.98M0.00204,000Positive News
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.39
-0.4%
N/A-3.4%$119.50M$20.02M0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↑
NIM
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund
N/A$9.30
+0.2%
N/A-1.2%$115.72MN/A0.00N/A
NMT
Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.57
-0.1%
N/A+0.5%$108.07M-$1.86M0.00N/A
MGF
Mfs Govt Mkts
N/A$3.09
-0.5%
N/A-4.6%$100.83MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
NMI
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund
N/A$9.79
flat
N/A-2.4%$100.74MN/A0.00N/APositive News
PFX
PhenixFIN
3.5814 of 5 stars
$47.95
-0.4%
N/A+2.4%$96.09M$15.73M5.887
OCCI
OFS Credit
1.8795 of 5 stars
$5.87
-1.8%
N/A-24.5%$92.45M$32.55M34.53N/AEarnings Report

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This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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