Henderson European Trust (HET) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer HET or EMG?

Man Group has a consensus price target of GBX 278, suggesting a potential upside of 60.32%. Given Man Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Man Group is more favorable than Henderson European Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Man Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HET or EMG?

34.1% of Henderson European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Man Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Henderson European Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Man Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HET or EMG more profitable?

Henderson European Trust has a net margin of 95.15% compared to Man Group's net margin of 22.58%. Man Group's return on equity of 19.64% beat Henderson European Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson European Trust	95.15%	17.54%	10.02%
Man Group	22.58%	19.64%	4.61%

Does the media favor HET or EMG?

In the previous week, Henderson European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Man Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson European Trust and 0 mentions for Man Group. Henderson European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Man Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Henderson European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson European Trust	Very Positive
Man Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HET or EMG?

Man Group received 836 more outperform votes than Henderson European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson European Trust	N/A	N/A
Man Group	Outperform Votes 836 60.84%	Underperform Votes 538 39.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, HET or EMG?

Henderson European Trust has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Man Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HET or EMG a better dividend stock?

Henderson European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Man Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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. Man Group pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Man Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HET or EMG?

Man Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson European Trust. Man 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
Henderson European Trust	£75.38M	8.50	£71.73M	£0.34	568.24
Man Group	£1.69B	1.48	£382.68M	£21.20	8.18

Summary

Man Group beats Henderson European Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.