HFEL vs. N91, SSON, FEV, PNL, FCSS, WTAN, BRW, PIN, SNN, and LWDB
Should you be buying Henderson Far East Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Far East Income include Ninety One Group (N91), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Pantheon International (PIN), Sanne Group (SNN), and Law Debenture (LWDB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Far East Income vs. Its Competitors
Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Ninety One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Far East Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% 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.
In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income had 1 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Henderson Far East Income and 1 mentions for Ninety One Group. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.
Ninety One Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential downside of 8.48%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than Henderson Far East Income.
12.0% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ninety One Group 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ninety One Group beats Henderson Far East Income on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
