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Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

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GBX 234.50 +1.50 (+0.64%)
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HFEL vs. BHMU, PIN, VEIL, JTC, FGT, BNKR, LWDB, TFG, FCSS, and ASL

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

Henderson Far East Income vs. Its Competitors

Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) and BH Macro USD (LON:BHMU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Henderson Far East Income-£1.75M-217.60-£10.33M-£6.35-36.94
BH Macro USD£2.88B0.52£4.33B£0.1234.54

In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income had 1 more articles in the media than BH Macro USD. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Far East Income and 0 mentions for BH Macro USD. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat BH Macro USD's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Henderson Far East Income Neutral
BH Macro USD Neutral

Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BH Macro USD has a beta of -0.28, meaning that its share price is 128% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to BH Macro USD's net margin of 150.73%. BH Macro USD's return on equity of 2.23% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Henderson Far East Income589.91% -2.82% -0.81%
BH Macro USD 150.73%2.23%-0.31%

8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of BH Macro USD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of BH Macro USD shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BH Macro USD beats Henderson Far East Income on 9 of the 13 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£381.08M£1.27B£6.26B£3.00B
Dividend Yield11.04%4.38%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio-36.9422.2613.92167.36
Price / Sales-217.602,350.451,727.57275,167.79
Price / Cash28.8960.7349.6827.97
Price / Book1.041.231.944.61
Net Income-£10.33M£263.56M£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.74%15.40%8.01%10.94%
1 Month Performance6.59%3.28%3.86%9.59%
1 Year Performance-3.30%5.57%17.29%60.00%

Henderson Far East Income Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFEL
Henderson Far East Income
N/AGBX 234.50
+0.6%
N/A-4.3%£381.08M-£1.75M-36.94N/A
BHMU
BH Macro USD
N/AGBX 4
+0.5%
N/A+0.0%£1.49B£2.88B34.36N/A
PIN
Pantheon International
N/AGBX 313.03
+0.5%
N/A+1.8%£1.45B£72.76M46.87455
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 629.05
+0.8%
N/A+12.5%£1.44B£17.87M-424.88N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
JTC
JTC
2.5285 of 5 stars
GBX 845.07
+0.0%
GBX 1,400
+65.7%
-16.9%£1.42B£291.42M47.391,603
FGT
Finsbury Growth & Income
N/AGBX 915
+0.4%
N/A+7.2%£1.36B£101.41M15.03N/APositive News
BNKR
The Bankers Investment Trust
N/AGBX 122.21
+0.7%
N/A+5.0%£1.35B£231.92M6.19N/A
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,002.08
+0.5%
N/A+13.0%£1.33B£203.87M9.33260News Coverage
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.25
+0.9%
N/AN/A£1.32B£22.12B10.42N/ANews Coverage
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 259.52
+1.6%
N/A+32.1%£1.29B-£177.57M1.28N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,536.12
+0.7%
N/A-5.0%£1.28B£226.05M5.05N/APositive News

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This page (LON:HFEL) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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