HEFT vs. WTAN, RAT, FEV, BRW, MYI, FGT, SNN, PIN, ASL, and BNKR
Should you be buying Henderson European Focus Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson European Focus Trust include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Murray International (MYI), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), and The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson European Focus Trust (LON:HEFT) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson European Focus Trust. Henderson European Focus Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Witan Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henderson European Focus Trust has a net margin of 94.44% compared to Witan Investment Trust's net margin of 87.27%. Henderson European Focus Trust's return on equity of 21.72% beat Witan Investment Trust's return on equity.
Henderson European Focus Trust has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Henderson European Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. Witan Investment Trust pays out 2,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Witan Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson European Focus Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Witan Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Henderson European Focus Trust. Witan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Henderson European Focus Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Witan Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
44.2% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Witan Investment Trust received 17 more outperform votes than Henderson European Focus Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 63.11% of users gave Henderson European Focus Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Witan Investment Trust beats Henderson European Focus Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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