John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, JHI or TYG?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Investors Trust	$8.87M	13.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	2.16	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JHI or TYG?

27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JHI or TYG a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $4.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%.

Does the media favor JHI or TYG?

In the previous week, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Investors Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure and 0 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat John Hancock Investors Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Investors Trust	Neutral
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, JHI or TYG?

John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JHI or TYG more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Hancock Investors Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.