Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CTY or HSL?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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
City of London	£307.08M	7.89	£294.08M	£59.40	8.25
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	6.38	£91.77M	£124.85	6.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTY or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies received 13 more outperform votes than City of London when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 62.96% of users gave City of London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%

Which has more risk & volatility, CTY or HSL?

City of London has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% 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.

Is CTY or HSL a better dividend stock?

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. City of London pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% 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 and institutionals hold more shares of CTY or HSL?

8.6% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CTY or HSL more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 95.77% compared to Henderson Smaller Companies' net margin of 93.00%. City of London's return on equity of 14.45% beat Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
City of London	95.77%	14.45%	4.00%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Does the media refer more to CTY or HSL?

In the previous week, City of London had 11 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City of London	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Neutral

Summary

City of London beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.