HET vs. CTY, HICL, QLT, INPP, HGT, JTC, TEM, AJB, HVPE, and EMG
Should you be buying Henderson European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson European Trust include City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Quilter (QLT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HgCapital Trust (HGT), JTC (JTC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), AJ Bell (AJB), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson European Trust vs. Its Competitors
City of London (LON:CTY) and Henderson European Trust (LON:HET) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, City of London had 16 more articles in the media than Henderson European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for Henderson European Trust. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Henderson European Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the media.
City of London has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson European Trust has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
City of London has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson European Trust. Henderson European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
8.7% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Henderson European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of City of London shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson European Trust shares are held 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.
City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. City of London pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson European Trust pays out -42.0% 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.
City of London has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Henderson European Trust's net margin of 95.15%. Henderson European Trust's return on equity of 17.54% beat City of London's return on equity.
Summary
City of London beats Henderson European Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HET) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
