Henderson European Trust (HET) Competitors

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Henderson European Trust (LON:HET) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Is BPT or HET more profitable?

Henderson European Trust has a net margin of 95.15% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 16.74%. Henderson European Trust's return on equity of 17.54% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgepoint Group	16.74%	6.10%	3.47%
Henderson European Trust	95.15%	17.54%	10.02%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BPT or HET?

20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BPT or HET?

Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson European Trust has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BPT or HET?

Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 359.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Henderson European Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgepoint Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Henderson European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BPT or HET?

Henderson European Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Bridgepoint Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson European 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
Bridgepoint Group	£272.35M	9.83	£45.58M	£5.50	58.86
Henderson European Trust	£75.38M	8.82	£71.73M	£0.34	589.66

Is BPT or HET a better dividend stock?

Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Henderson European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson European Trust pays out 1,764.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer BPT or HET?

In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 2 mentions for Henderson European Trust. Henderson European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of -0.05 indicating that Henderson European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgepoint Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Henderson European Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Bridgepoint Group beats Henderson European Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.