HFEL vs. SSON, N91, FEV, PNL, WTAN, BRW, FCSS, SNN, PIN, and WWH
Should you be buying Henderson Far East Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Far East Income include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Ninety One Group (N91), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Far East Income vs. Its Competitors
Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Henderson Far East Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Henderson Far East Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smithson Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smithson Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Smithson Investment Trust pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out 207.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
7.5% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to Smithson Investment Trust's net margin of 317.04%. Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity of -2.13% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.
In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Far East Income and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Smithson Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Smithson Investment Trust beats Henderson Far East Income on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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