Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) Competitors

Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and Henderson High Income Trust (LON:HHI) 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 earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to FCSS or HHI?

In the previous week, Fidelity China Special and Fidelity China Special both had 2 articles in the media. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Henderson High Income Trust's score of 1.63 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity China Special	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Henderson High Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCSS or HHI?

Fidelity China Special received 44 more outperform votes than Henderson High Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Henderson High Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity China Special	Outperform Votes 117 66.86%	Underperform Votes 58 33.14%
Henderson High Income Trust	Outperform Votes 73 60.33%	Underperform Votes 48 39.67%

Is FCSS or HHI a better dividend stock?

Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Henderson High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson High Income Trust pays out 55.9% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FCSS or HHI?

Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Henderson High Income Trust. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson High Income Trust, 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
Fidelity China Special	-£177.57M	-7.17	£997.06M	£202.00	1.27
Henderson High Income Trust	£39.56M	7.78	£34.16M	£19.69	9.04

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FCSS or HHI?

63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FCSS or HHI more profitable?

Henderson High Income Trust has a net margin of 86.35% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Henderson High Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A
Henderson High Income Trust	86.35%	12.66%	7.10%

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Henderson High Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.