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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Finsbury Growth & Income beats Henderson Far East Income on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
