JHI vs. KF, NIM, PCF, CXE, NAZ, ECF, PFO, KSM, PCM, and MGF
Should you be buying John Hancock Investors Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Investors Trust include The Korea Fund (KF), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), PCM Fund (PCM), and MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and The Korea Fund (NYSE:KF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
John Hancock Investors Trust received 14 more outperform votes than The Korea Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote while only 66.40% of users gave The Korea Fund an outperform vote.
27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of The Korea Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 59.5% of The Korea Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, John Hancock Investors Trust had 1 more articles in the media than The Korea Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust and 0 mentions for The Korea Fund. John Hancock Investors Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat The Korea Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that John Hancock Investors Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Korea Fund has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
John Hancock Investors Trust beats The Korea Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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