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MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF) Competitors

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$1.73 +0.02 (+1.17%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

CIF vs. JHI, PCF, SSSS, KSM, OCCI, GECC, SWZ, MGF, KF, and PCM

Should you be buying MFS Intermediate High Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund include John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), High Income Securities Fund (PCF), SuRo Capital (SSSS), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), OFS Credit (OCCI), Great Elm Capital (GECC), The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (MGF), The Korea Fund (KF), and PCM Fund (PCM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund vs.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE:CIF) and John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

In the previous week, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled John Hancock Investors Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Neutral
John Hancock Investors Trust Neutral

6.8% of MFS Intermediate High Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund$3.92M7.94N/AN/AN/A
John Hancock Investors Trust$12.84MN/AN/AN/AN/A

John Hancock Investors Trust received 96 more outperform votes than MFS Intermediate High Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave MFS Intermediate High Income Fund an outperform vote while only 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MFS Intermediate High Income FundOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
John Hancock Investors TrustOutperform Votes
97
69.78%
Underperform Votes
42
30.22%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MFS Intermediate High Income FundN/A N/A N/A
John Hancock Investors Trust N/A N/A N/A

Summary

John Hancock Investors Trust beats MFS Intermediate High Income Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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CIF vs. The Competition

MetricMFS Intermediate High Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.15M$8.39B$11.09B$20.17B
Dividend Yield10.31%6.39%10.17%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A0.4644.4043.99
Price / Sales7.9416.73219.3817.76
Price / CashN/A7.0218.2021.29
Price / BookN/A0.954.274.71
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.02B$986.85M
7 Day Performance1.47%0.51%1.33%3.76%
1 Month Performance-1.14%-0.44%4.25%4.65%
1 Year Performance5.49%11.59%26.53%27.72%

MFS Intermediate High Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIF
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
N/A$1.73
+1.2%
N/A+5.5%$31.15M$3.92M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
JHI
John Hancock Investors Trust
N/A$14.09
+0.1%
N/A+12.3%$123.16M$12.84M0.00N/A
PCF
High Income Securities Fund
N/A$6.71
-0.1%
N/A+7.9%$117.80M$19.13M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
SSSS
SuRo Capital
2.0814 of 5 stars
$4.91
+0.6%
$6.00
+22.2%
+29.2%$114.80M$6.60M-2.609
KSM
DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.07
+0.3%
N/A+24.3%$111.27MN/A0.00N/A
OCCI
OFS Credit
0.9416 of 5 stars
$7.06
-0.6%
N/A+17.7%$111.25M$30.70M9.43N/AEx-Dividend
GECC
Great Elm Capital
3.1864 of 5 stars
$10.11
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%$105.65M$35.83M14.68N/APositive News
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/A$7.80
flat
N/A+1.8%$101.33M$6.18M0.00N/A
MGF
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
N/A$3.09
+0.3%
N/A+0.7%$100.70MN/A0.00N/A
KF
The Korea Fund
N/A$20.05
+0.4%
N/A-7.8%$96.84MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
PCM
PCM Fund
N/A$8.00
-0.2%
N/A-0.3%$96.08MN/A0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:CIF) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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