Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) Competitors

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) and Henderson High Income Trust (LON:HHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Does the media prefer BEMO or HHI?

In the previous week, Henderson High Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson High Income Trust and 0 mentions for Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Henderson High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson High Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	Neutral
Henderson High Income Trust	Very Positive

Is BEMO or HHI a better dividend stock?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Henderson High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson High Income Trust pays out 55.9% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BEMO or HHI?

55.2% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEMO or HHI more profitable?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a net margin of 93.50% compared to Henderson High Income Trust's net margin of 86.35%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat Henderson High Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	93.50%	15.45%	0.30%
Henderson High Income Trust	86.35%	12.66%	7.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEMO or HHI?

Henderson High Income Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	N/A	N/A
Henderson High Income Trust	Outperform Votes 73 60.33%	Underperform Votes 48 39.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, BEMO or HHI?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson High Income Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BEMO or HHI?

Henderson High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson High Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	£13.48M	5.50	£12.61M	£104.51	5.95
Henderson High Income Trust	£39.56M	7.45	£34.16M	£19.69	8.66

Summary

Henderson High Income Trust beats Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.