Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HVPE or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarbourVest Global Private Equity, 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
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£32.28M	75.33	£12.26M	£10.63	247.39
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	6.51	£91.77M	£124.85	7.00

Is HVPE or HSL more profitable?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 37.99%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	37.99%	0.26%	2.14%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Which has more volatility and risk, HVPE or HSL?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HVPE or HSL?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 3 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 1 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of 0.10 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HVPE or HSL?

21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.