John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS) Competitors

Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCAP or JHS?

John Hancock Income Securities Trust received 102 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave John Hancock Income Securities Trust an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 35 52.24%	Underperform Votes 32 47.76%
John Hancock Income Securities Trust	Outperform Votes 137 69.90%	Underperform Votes 59 30.10%

Is CCAP or JHS more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to John Hancock Income Securities Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% beat John Hancock Income Securities Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%
John Hancock Income Securities Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, CCAP or JHS?

Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCAP or JHS a better dividend stock?

Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. John Hancock Income Securities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CCAP or JHS?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Capital BDC	$60.50M	9.07	$83.84M	$1.34	11.04
John Hancock Income Securities Trust	$19.18M	7.25	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CCAP or JHS?

49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend CCAP or JHS?

Crescent Capital BDC presently has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
John Hancock Income Securities Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor CCAP or JHS?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 3 more articles in the media than John Hancock Income Securities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 2 mentions for John Hancock Income Securities Trust. John Hancock Income Securities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of 1.24 indicating that John Hancock Income Securities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
John Hancock Income Securities Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats John Hancock Income Securities Trust on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.