PCF vs. JHI, KF, CXE, NIM, ECF, PFO, NAZ, KSM, PCM, and SWZ
Should you be buying High Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Income Securities Fund include John Hancock Investors Trust (JHI), The Korea Fund (KF), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (CXE), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (NAZ), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (KSM), PCM Fund (PCM), and The Swiss Helvetia Fund (SWZ). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
27.0% of John Hancock Investors Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
John Hancock Investors Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, John Hancock Investors Trust had 1 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for John Hancock Investors Trust and 0 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled John Hancock Investors Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
John Hancock Investors Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. High Income Securities Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. High Income Securities Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
High Income Securities Fund received 8 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 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
High Income Securities Fund beats John Hancock Investors Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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