Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Shires Income (LON:SHRS) and Henderson European Focus Trust (LON:HEFT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SHRS or HEFT?

1.8% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.2% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 28.5% of Shires Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SHRS or HEFT?

Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson European Focus Trust has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHRS or HEFT?

Henderson European Focus Trust received 21 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.11% of users gave Henderson European Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%
Henderson European Focus Trust	Outperform Votes 77 63.11%	Underperform Votes 45 36.89%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SHRS or HEFT?

Henderson European Focus Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Henderson European Focus Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shires 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
Shires Income	£7.18M	14.37	£72.33M	£178.75	1.42
Henderson European Focus Trust	£79.72M	0.00	£75.29M	£0.35	N/A

Is SHRS or HEFT a better dividend stock?

Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Henderson European Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. Shires Income pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson European Focus Trust pays out 1,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SHRS or HEFT more profitable?

Shires Income has a net margin of 1,007.53% compared to Henderson European Focus Trust's net margin of 94.44%. Shires Income's return on equity of 68.29% beat Henderson European Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shires Income	1,007.53%	68.29%	-0.15%
Henderson European Focus Trust	94.44%	21.72%	12.61%

Does the media favor SHRS or HEFT?

In the previous week, Shires Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson European Focus Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shires Income	Neutral
Henderson European Focus Trust	Neutral

Summary

Henderson European Focus Trust beats Shires Income on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.