CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI) Competitors

Henderson European Focus Trust (LON:HEFT) and CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (LON:CMPI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HEFT or CMPI?

CT Global Managed Portfolio Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Henderson European Focus Trust. Henderson European Focus Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Global Managed Portfolio Income, 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
Henderson European Focus Trust	£79.72M	0.00	£75.29M	£0.35	N/A
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	£5.33M	19.43	£101.85M	£0.05	2,615.52

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HEFT or CMPI?

44.2% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of CT Global Managed Portfolio Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CT Global Managed Portfolio Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HEFT or CMPI a better dividend stock?

Henderson European Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henderson European Focus Trust pays out 1,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income pays out 167.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HEFT or CMPI more profitable?

CT Global Managed Portfolio Income has a net margin of 640.59% compared to Henderson European Focus Trust's net margin of 94.44%. CT Global Managed Portfolio Income's return on equity of 71.48% beat Henderson European Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson European Focus Trust	94.44%	21.72%	12.61%
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	640.59%	71.48%	N/A

Does the media prefer HEFT or CMPI?

In the previous week, Henderson European Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT Global Managed Portfolio Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson European Focus Trust	Neutral
CT Global Managed Portfolio Income	Neutral

Summary

CT Global Managed Portfolio Income beats Henderson European Focus Trust on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.