HHI vs. ASL, HRI, ASHM, IHP, EDIN, FGT, JFJ, AGT, GSS, and TMPL
Should you be buying Henderson High Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson High Income Trust include Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Herald (HRI), Ashmore Group (ASHM), IntegraFin (IHP), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), and Temple Bar (TMPL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson High Income Trust vs. Its Competitors
Henderson High Income Trust (LON:HHI) and Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
7.8% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Henderson High Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Henderson High Income Trust has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Henderson High Income Trust and Henderson High Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Henderson High Income Trust's score of 1.53 indicating that Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson High Income Trust. Henderson High Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henderson High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson High Income Trust pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.5% 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 High Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 112.81% compared to Henderson High Income Trust's net margin of 86.35%. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 18.22% beat Henderson High Income Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust beats Henderson High Income Trust on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HHI) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff