JHI vs. RMT, MVF, BBH, NQP, MUA, HRZN, MYN, TYG, KTF, and HQL
Should you be buying John Hancock Investors Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Investors Trust include Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), and Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE:RMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
John Hancock Investors Trust received 11 more outperform votes than Royce Micro-Cap Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote while only 68.25% of users gave Royce Micro-Cap Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Royce Micro-Cap Trust had 2 more articles in the media than John Hancock Investors Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust and 1 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust. John Hancock Investors Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Royce Micro-Cap Trust's score of 1.44 indicating that John Hancock Investors Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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