HFEL vs. ANII, ORIT, AUSC, AIE, PINT, OAP3, FAS, MWY, NAIT, and TAM
Should you be buying Henderson Far East Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Far East Income include abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (AUSC), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), North American Income Trust (NAIT), and Tatton Asset Management (TAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn New India Investment Trust (LON:ANII) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
abrdn New India Investment Trust's return on equity of -2.66% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.
abrdn New India Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. abrdn New India Investment Trust pays out -500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out -34,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, abrdn New India Investment Trust and abrdn New India Investment Trust both had 2 articles in the media. abrdn New India Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Henderson Far East Income's score of 0.12 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Henderson Far East Income received 35 more outperform votes than abrdn New India Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 66.29% of users gave abrdn New India Investment Trust an outperform vote.
abrdn New India Investment Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of abrdn New India Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of abrdn New India Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Henderson Far East Income has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn New India Investment Trust. abrdn New India Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Far East Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Henderson Far East Income beats abrdn New India Investment Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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