Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

International Public Partnerships (LON:INPP) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INPP or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies received 18 more outperform votes than International Public Partnerships when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%

Is INPP or HSL a better dividend stock?

International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. International Public Partnerships pays out 345.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, INPP or HSL?

International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INPP or HSL?

37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is INPP or HSL more profitable?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 52.68%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International Public Partnerships	52.68%	1.54%	0.63%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, INPP or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than International Public Partnerships. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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
International Public Partnerships	£82.63M	25.28	£43.53M	£2.32	48.06
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	5.77	£91.77M	£124.85	6.22

Does the media prefer INPP or HSL?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than International Public Partnerships. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for International Public Partnerships. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat International Public Partnerships' score of 0.12 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
International Public Partnerships	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Positive

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats International Public Partnerships on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.