Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) Competitors

Henderson High Income Trust (LON:HHI) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Is HHI or FCSS 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
Henderson High Income Trust	86.35%	12.66%	7.10%
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HHI or FCSS?

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

Is HHI or FCSS a better dividend stock?

Henderson High Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Henderson High Income Trust pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HHI or FCSS?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, HHI or FCSS?

Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Henderson High Income Trust	£39.56M	7.51	£34.16M	£19.69	8.73
Fidelity China Special	-£177.57M	-6.86	£997.06M	£202.00	1.22

Does the media prefer HHI or FCSS?

In the previous week, Henderson High Income Trust and Henderson High Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Henderson High Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Fidelity China Special's score of 1.39 indicating that Henderson High Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Henderson High Income Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.