MHN vs. HOT, ARTL, CRWN, HAN, MAV4, GOT, NSI, TV1, OSEC, and ANIC
Should you be buying Menhaden Resource Efficiency stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Menhaden Resource Efficiency include Henderson Opportunities (HOT), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Crown Place VCT (CRWN), Hansa Investment (HAN), Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 (MAV4), Global Opportunities Trust (GOT), New Star Investment Trust (NSI), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), and Agronomics (ANIC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Opportunities (LON:HOT) and Menhaden Resource Efficiency (LON:MHN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Menhaden Resource Efficiency has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Opportunities. Henderson Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Menhaden Resource Efficiency, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Henderson Opportunities had 4 more articles in the media than Menhaden Resource Efficiency. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Henderson Opportunities and 3 mentions for Menhaden Resource Efficiency. Henderson Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Menhaden Resource Efficiency's score of 0.10 indicating that Menhaden Resource Efficiency is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
23.0% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of Menhaden Resource Efficiency shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.0% of Menhaden Resource Efficiency shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Henderson Opportunities received 10 more outperform votes than Menhaden Resource Efficiency when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Menhaden Resource Efficiency an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Henderson Opportunities an outperform vote.
Henderson Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Menhaden Resource Efficiency pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson Opportunities pays out -6,190.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Menhaden Resource Efficiency pays out 1.3% 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. Henderson Opportunities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Henderson Opportunities' return on equity of 0.00% beat Menhaden Resource Efficiency's return on equity.
Summary
Menhaden Resource Efficiency beats Henderson Opportunities on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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