HET vs. BPT, MNKS, EMG, CTY, HICL, HVPE, HGT, INPP, TRIG, and AJB
Should you be buying Henderson European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson European Trust include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), Man Group (EMG), City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson European Trust vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Bridgepoint Group beats Henderson European Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HET) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff