John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (NYSE:TYG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JHI or TYG?

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure received 146 more outperform votes than John Hancock Investors Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote while only 69.43% of users gave Tortoise Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Hancock Investors Trust	Outperform Votes 97 69.78%	Underperform Votes 42 30.22%
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 243 69.43%	Underperform Votes 107 30.57%

Is JHI or TYG a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

Is JHI or TYG more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Hancock Investors Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JHI or TYG?

27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer JHI or TYG?

In the previous week, John Hancock Investors Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust and 1 mentions for Tortoise Energy Infrastructure. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat John Hancock Investors Trust's score of -0.17 indicating that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Investors Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, JHI or TYG?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Investors Trust	$21.21M	5.73	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure	$214.33M	2.06	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, JHI or TYG?

John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tortoise Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.