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John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

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JHI vs. RMT, TYG, MVF, EVN, MCI, SAR, MYN, LEO, HQL, 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), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Investors Trust vs.

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

In the previous week, John Hancock Investors Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Royce Micro-Cap Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust and 0 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat John Hancock Investors Trust's score of 1.68 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Royce Micro-Cap Trust Very Positive
John Hancock Investors Trust Very Positive

Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%.

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

Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royce Micro-Cap Trust$66.96M6.56N/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Investors Trust$21.21M5.49N/AN/AN/A

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

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

Summary

Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JHI vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Investors TrustInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$116.40M$6.91B$11.49B$19.38B
Dividend Yield8.32%6.77%5.46%3.83%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4834.23
Price / Sales5.4921.7827.2834.85
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.892.794.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.75%-0.52%0.34%-1.34%
1 Month Performance4.39%4.88%8.69%9.79%
1 Year Performance-1.92%-0.23%537.74%3.27%

John Hancock Investors Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$13.31
-0.5%
N/A-1.2%$116.40M$21.21M0.00N/APositive News
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$8.81
flat
N/A-8.4%$446.51M$66.96M0.00N/APositive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$41.41
-0.1%
N/A+18.1%$445.78M$214.33M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.77
-0.4%
N/A-4.2%$410.14M$11.04M0.00147,000Positive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.33
flat
N/A+2.3%$409.76M$38.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.10
+0.9%
N/A+7.9%$387.71M$37.92M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.5723 of 5 stars
$24.59
+0.8%
$24.58
0.0%
+5.6%$377.83M$42.10M9.923,211Positive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.63
flat
N/A-7.9%$368.95M$1.69M0.00N/APositive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$5.88
-0.7%
N/A-2.6%$366.27M$73.46M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$12.46
+1.1%
N/A-10.1%$359.75M$86.69M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
KTF
DWS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.08
-1.2%
N/A-4.6%$355.69M$35.07M0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:JHI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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