EJF Investments (EJFI) Competitors

EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) and Henderson High Income Trust (LON:HHI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, EJFI or HHI?

EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson High Income Trust has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EJFI or HHI more profitable?

Henderson High Income Trust has a net margin of 86.35% compared to EJF Investments' net margin of 73.72%. Henderson High Income Trust's return on equity of 12.66% beat EJF Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EJF Investments	73.72%	5.40%	-3.05%
Henderson High Income Trust	86.35%	12.66%	7.10%

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

17.1% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of EJF Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EJFI or HHI a better dividend stock?

EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henderson High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EJF Investments pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson High Income Trust pays out 69.6% 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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EJFI or HHI?

Henderson High Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EJF Investments. EJF Investments 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
EJF Investments	£12.54M	6.09	£5.37M	£0.15	822.37
Henderson High Income Trust	£26.70M	11.47	£34.16M	£0.15	1,181.10

Does the media prefer EJFI or HHI?

In the previous week, Henderson High Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than EJF Investments. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Henderson High Income Trust and 0 mentions for EJF Investments. Henderson High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat EJF Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson High Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EJF Investments	Neutral
Henderson High Income Trust	Very Positive

Summary

Henderson High Income Trust beats EJF Investments on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.