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Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

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GBX 215.44 +1.44 (+0.67%)
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HFEL vs. FGT, BNKR, LWDB, VEIL, FCSS, ASL, JMG, EDIN, FSV, and TFG

Should you be buying Henderson Far East Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Far East Income include Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), and Tetragon Financial (TFG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Henderson Far East Income vs.

Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Henderson Far East Income received 16 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Henderson Far East IncomeOutperform Votes
94
68.61%
Underperform Votes
43
31.39%
Finsbury Growth & IncomeOutperform Votes
78
70.27%
Underperform Votes
33
29.73%

Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Henderson Far East Income pays out -393.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% 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. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 3 more articles in the media than Henderson Far East Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 1 mentions for Henderson Far East Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Henderson Far East Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Henderson Far East Income
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Henderson Far East Income589.91% -2.82% -0.81%
Finsbury Growth & Income 89.28%6.50%4.42%

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Henderson Far East Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Henderson Far East Income-£1.75M-199.92-£10.33M-£6.35-33.94
Finsbury Growth & Income£101.41M13.49£90.54M£60.8915.09

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Henderson Far East Income on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HFEL vs. The Competition

MetricHenderson Far East IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£350.11M£1.19B£5.30B£2.63B
Dividend Yield11.04%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio-33.9421.9212.85131.76
Price / Sales-199.922,362.961,722.17224,661.12
Price / Cash28.8960.4649.6228.03
Price / Book0.961.151.353.79
Net Income-£10.33M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.49%-0.17%0.01%0.38%
1 Month Performance4.08%17.04%10.41%21.42%
1 Year Performance-9.48%2.51%13.63%129.81%

Henderson Far East Income Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFEL
Henderson Far East Income
N/AGBX 215.44
+0.7%
N/A-10.3%£350.11M£-1,751,276.83-33.94N/A
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 934
+0.9%
N/A+8.6%£1.39B£101.41M15.34N/APositive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 117.20
flat
N/A+1.9%£1.30B£231.92M5.94N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 953
+0.6%
N/A+6.4%£1.26B£203.87M8.87260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 547
-0.2%
N/A-8.6%£1.25B£17.87M-369.46N/A
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 252.50
+0.2%
N/A+7.2%£1.25B£-177,570,734.591.25N/APositive News
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,488
+1.1%
N/A-3.0%£1.24B£226.05M4.89N/APositive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 110
-0.7%
N/A+3.6%£1.17B£97.45M14.57N/APositive News
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 802
+1.0%
N/A+9.0%£1.16B£189.32M6.42N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 354
+0.9%
N/A+13.5%£1.15B£237.18M5.1525,000Positive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 14
+0.4%
N/AN/A£1.14B£22.12B8.98N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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