JHS vs. AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, VPV, MXE, and CXH
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 AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) and John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Income Securities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 1 mentions for John Hancock Income Securities Trust. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat John Hancock Income Securities Trust's score of -0.60 indicating that John Hancock Income Securities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. John Hancock Income Securities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust received 11 more outperform votes than AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave John Hancock Income Securities Trust an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats John Hancock Income Securities Trust on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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