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Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

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GBX 221 -1.50 (-0.67%)
As of 06/12/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

HFEL vs. PIN, JTC, FGT, VEIL, BNKR, LWDB, ASL, FCSS, JMG, and EDIN

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

Henderson Far East Income vs. Its Competitors

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

Pantheon International has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

67.0% of Pantheon International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Pantheon International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pantheon International£72.76M19.39£31.00M£6.6845.67
Henderson Far East Income-£1.75M-205.07-£10.33M-£6.35-34.81

In the previous week, Pantheon International and Pantheon International both had 2 articles in the media. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pantheon International's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pantheon International
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Henderson Far East Income
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to Pantheon International's net margin of 42.61%. Pantheon International's return on equity of 1.39% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pantheon International42.61% 1.39% 1.05%
Henderson Far East Income 589.91%-2.82%-0.81%

Henderson Far East Income received 18 more outperform votes than Pantheon International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 67.86% of users gave Pantheon International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pantheon InternationalOutperform Votes
76
67.86%
Underperform Votes
36
32.14%
Henderson Far East IncomeOutperform Votes
94
68.61%
Underperform Votes
43
31.39%

Summary

Pantheon International beats Henderson Far East Income on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HFEL vs. The Competition

MetricHenderson Far East IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£359.14M£1.22B£5.71B£2.93B
Dividend Yield11.04%4.34%4.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio-34.8121.5212.70125.70
Price / Sales-205.072,397.241,714.28243,028.65
Price / Cash28.8960.8149.9228.07
Price / Book0.981.173.184.71
Net Income-£10.33M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B
7 Day Performance0.91%0.63%0.85%12.66%
1 Month Performance2.79%18.07%10.22%16.37%
1 Year Performance-4.74%5.61%14.93%78.39%

Henderson Far East Income Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFEL
Henderson Far East Income
N/AGBX 221
-0.7%
N/A-6.2%£359.14M-£1.75M-34.81N/ANews Coverage
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 298
+0.2%
N/A-5.3%£1.38B£72.76M44.62455
JTC
JTC
2.3146 of 5 stars
GBX 815.45
+0.3%
GBX 1,400
+71.7%
-4.4%£1.37B£291.42M45.731,603Gap Down
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 904
flat
N/A+8.0%£1.35B£101.41M14.85N/APositive News
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 565
+0.7%
N/A-5.9%£1.29B£17.87M-381.62N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 116
+0.7%
N/A+5.5%£1.28B£231.92M5.88N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 967
+0.2%
N/A+13.7%£1.28B£203.87M9.00260
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,490
-0.1%
N/A+0.3%£1.24B£226.05M4.90N/APositive News
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 247.50
-0.2%
N/A+20.1%£1.23B-£177.57M1.23N/APositive News
Earnings Report
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 110
-0.2%
N/A+10.1%£1.17B£97.45M14.57N/A
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 805
-0.2%
N/A+10.8%£1.16B£189.32M6.44N/ATrending News

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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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