JHS vs. VFL, AWF, ASA, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, INSI, and VPV
Should you be buying John Hancock Income Securities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of John Hancock Income Securities Trust include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Insight Select Income Fund (INSI), and Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust received 137 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.
In the previous week, John Hancock Income Securities Trust had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for John Hancock Income Securities Trust and 1 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat John Hancock Income Securities Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund beats John Hancock Income Securities Trust on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.
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