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John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

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JHI vs. CION, TYG, IFN, HQL, EVN, MCI, MVF, LEO, MYN, and JOF

Should you be buying John Hancock Investors Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Investors Trust include CION Investment (CION), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), India Fund (IFN), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Investors Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

CION Investment currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.90%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CION Investment is more favorable than John Hancock Investors Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CION Investment
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
John Hancock Investors Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. CION Investment pays out -757.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CION Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

CION Investment has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Investors Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CION Investment$252.43M1.88$33.90M-$0.19-48.05
John Hancock Investors Trust$8.87M13.78N/AN/AN/A

CION Investment has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

John Hancock Investors Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CION Investment's net margin of -4.57%. CION Investment's return on equity of 9.63% beat John Hancock Investors Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CION Investment-4.57% 9.63% 4.00%
John Hancock Investors Trust N/A N/A N/A

32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CION Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CION Investment had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Investors Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CION Investment and 1 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust. John Hancock Investors Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat CION Investment's score of 0.65 indicating that John Hancock Investors Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CION Investment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
John Hancock Investors Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

CION Investment beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JHI vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Investors TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$122.30M$4.04B$12.44B$21.42B
Dividend Yield8.47%6.08%5.55%3.58%
P/E RatioN/AN/A29.8428.98
Price / Sales13.7840.3130.4793.90
Price / CashN/A17.6422.5824.53
Price / BookN/A1.272.254.53
Net IncomeN/A$187.53M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.14%-0.38%-1.41%-3.00%
1 Month Performance-2.65%1.04%-1.07%0.30%
1 Year Performance-2.61%3.58%537.47%12.32%

John Hancock Investors Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$13.99
-1.2%
N/A-1.3%$122.30M$8.87M0.00N/APositive News
CION
CION Investment
1.4817 of 5 stars
$9.30
-0.6%
$10.75
+15.7%
-21.3%$484.18M$252.43M-48.92N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$43.40
-0.3%
N/A+6.3%$466.68MN/A0.00N/APositive News
IFN
India Fund
N/A$14.98
+1.2%
N/A-19.6%$465.28MN/A0.0021,000
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$15.75
+0.5%
N/A+8.1%$454.56M-$10.95M0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.81
+0.3%
N/A+0.9%$428.80M$630.73K0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.41
+0.4%
N/A+6.2%$414.22MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.98
+0.8%
N/A-6.3%$400.23MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
LEO
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals
N/A$6.25
-0.1%
N/A-3.6%$398.62MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.12
+0.5%
N/A-5.1%$386.96M-$33.93M0.00N/APositive News
JOF
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund
N/A$10.62
-1.5%
N/A+31.3%$374.08M$8.75M0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:JHI) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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