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John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

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JHI vs. RMT, TYG, EVN, MVF, MCI, SAR, HQL, MYN, LEO, and KTF

Should you be buying John Hancock Investors Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Investors Trust include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Saratoga Investment (SAR), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), and DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Investors Trust vs. Its Competitors

John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%.

John Hancock Investors Trust received 11 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote while only 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
John Hancock Investors TrustOutperform Votes
97
69.78%
Underperform Votes
42
30.22%
Royce Micro-Cap TrustOutperform Votes
86
68.25%
Underperform Votes
40
31.75%

In the previous week, John Hancock Investors Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust and 2 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. John Hancock Investors Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 0.47 indicating that John Hancock Investors Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Investors Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Hancock Investors TrustN/A N/A N/A
Royce Micro-Cap Trust N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Investors Trust$21.21M5.53N/AN/AN/A
Royce Micro-Cap Trust$66.96M6.64N/AN/AN/A

Summary

John Hancock Investors Trust and Royce Micro-Cap Trust tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JHI vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Investors TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$117.36M$7.06B$11.61B$19.66B
Dividend Yield8.23%6.77%5.65%3.82%
P/E RatioN/A3.5822.7935.09
Price / Sales5.5324.5026.7742.90
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51
Price / BookN/A0.912.854.79
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.29%0.03%-0.17%-0.15%
1 Month Performance-0.22%0.90%0.28%1.25%
1 Year Performance0.83%2.05%539.88%9.45%

John Hancock Investors Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$13.42
-0.4%
N/A-0.4%$117.36M$21.21M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$9.10
+0.4%
N/A-7.4%$461.21M$66.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$41.18
-1.0%
N/A+28.4%$443.27M$214.33M0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.27
+0.4%
N/A+0.4%$407.18M$38.57M0.00N/APositive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.67
+0.6%
N/A-5.8%$402.29M$11.04M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.40
-0.8%
N/A+18.8%$393.80M$37.92M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.2896 of 5 stars
$24.12
-1.2%
$24.25
+0.5%
-0.7%$370.67M$42.10M9.733,211News Coverage
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.84
+0.2%
N/A-6.2%$370.57M$86.69M0.00N/A
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.46
+0.3%
N/A-9.7%$362.25M$1.69M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.80
-0.1%
N/A-4.0%$360.98M$2.18M0.00147,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$8.81
-0.1%
N/A-7.4%$345.11M$35.07M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓

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