Henderson International Income (HINT) Competitors

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

Is HINT or FGT a better dividend stock?

Henderson International Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Henderson International Income pays out 39.4% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HINT or FGT?

28.4% of Henderson International Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Henderson International Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by 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.

Does the media favor HINT or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 5 more articles in the media than Henderson International Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Henderson International Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Henderson International Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson International Income	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HINT or FGT?

Henderson International Income received 35 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 67.26% of users gave Henderson International Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson International Income	Outperform Votes 113 67.26%	Underperform Votes 55 32.74%
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HINT or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson International Income. Henderson International 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 International Income	£38.86M	8.81	£34.86M	£17.78	9.82
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.31	£90.54M	£60.89	14.90

Is HINT or FGT more profitable?

Henderson International Income has a net margin of 89.72% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. Henderson International Income's return on equity of 9.71% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson International Income	89.72%	9.71%	N/A
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Henderson International Income on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.