Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HFEL or FGT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HFEL or FGT?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HFEL or FGT more profitable?

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 Income	589.91%	-2.82%	-0.81%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Which has more risk & volatility, HFEL or FGT?

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.

Is HFEL or FGT a better dividend stock?

Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. 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.

Does the media favor HFEL or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson Far East Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 1 mentions for Henderson Far East Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Henderson Far East Income's score of 0.67 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Finsbury Growth & Income	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HFEL or FGT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henderson Far East Income	-£1.75M	-196.26	-£10.33M	-£6.35	-33.32
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.38	£90.54M	£60.89	14.98

Summary

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