John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI) Competitors

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

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

27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JHI or ASA a better dividend stock?

John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JHI or ASA?

John Hancock Investors Trust received 11 more outperform votes than ASA Gold and Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 69.78% of users gave John Hancock Investors Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
John Hancock Investors Trust	Outperform Votes 97 69.78%	Underperform Votes 42 30.22%
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Which has more volatility and risk, JHI or ASA?

John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JHI or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
John Hancock Investors Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer JHI or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 4 more articles in the media than John Hancock Investors Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 0 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat John Hancock Investors Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
John Hancock Investors Trust	Neutral
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JHI or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
John Hancock Investors Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.