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John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS) Competitors

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JHS vs. ECC, CION, IFN, RMT, TYG, MCI, EVN, SAR, MVF, and HQL

Should you be buying John Hancock Income Securities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Income Securities Trust include Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Saratoga Investment (SAR), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), and abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust vs. Its Competitors

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) and Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.3%. Eagle Point Credit pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Income Securities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 0 mentions for John Hancock Income Securities Trust. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat John Hancock Income Securities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Income Securities Trust Neutral
Eagle Point Credit Positive

John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Eagle Point Credit's net margin of -27.15%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.90% beat John Hancock Income Securities Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
John Hancock Income Securities TrustN/A N/A N/A
Eagle Point Credit -27.15%12.90%8.41%

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Income Securities TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Eagle Point Credit$179.77M2.96$85.49M-$0.40-17.31

John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Eagle Point Credit has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Eagle Point Credit
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats John Hancock Income Securities Trust on 12 of the 14 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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JHS vs. The Competition

MetricJohn Hancock Income Securities TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$141.60M$3.79B$12.28B$21.11B
Dividend Yield5.24%6.61%5.54%3.60%
P/E RatioN/AN/A19.0328.44
Price / SalesN/A16.7026.0958.65
Price / CashN/A18.5721.6322.92
Price / BookN/A1.122.204.69
Net IncomeN/A$165.11M$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.50%0.50%0.60%1.65%
1 Month Performance0.60%0.83%3.44%4.54%
1 Year Performance0.35%4.91%536.57%9.99%

John Hancock Income Securities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHS
John Hancock Income Securities Trust
N/A$11.29
+0.1%
N/A+0.7%$141.60MN/A0.00N/A
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.105 of 5 stars
$7.33
+0.3%
$8.67
+18.3%
-29.3%$562.88M$97.61M-18.29N/A
CION
CION Investment
1.0568 of 5 stars
$10.09
+0.4%
$11.00
+9.1%
-17.6%$532.43M$252.43M-34.84N/APositive News
IFN
India Fund
N/A$16.01
+0.1%
N/A-11.6%$496.65MN/A0.0021,000
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.54
+0.8%
N/A-1.8%$483.23MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.71
-0.3%
N/A+20.9%$459.88M$214.33M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.85
+0.2%
N/A+11.5%$423.13M$37.92M0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.38
+0.5%
N/A+1.0%$411.55M$38.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.8779 of 5 stars
$25.00
0.0%
$24.25
-3.0%
+8.4%$391.78M$49.06M10.123,211
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$6.45
+0.2%
N/A-10.7%$388.94MN/A0.00147,000
HQL
abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$13.20
+1.4%
N/A-13.0%$380.82M-$10.95M0.00N/APositive News

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