Hennessy Advisors (HNNA) Competitors

Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) and Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TCI or HNNA?

10.3% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by institutional investors. 86.2% of Transcontinental Realty Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.4% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TCI or HNNA?

Transcontinental Realty Investors has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hennessy Advisors has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TCI or HNNA?

Hennessy Advisors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transcontinental Realty Investors. Hennessy Advisors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental Realty Investors, 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
Transcontinental Realty Investors	$47.07M	7.69	$5.86M	$0.91	46.03
Hennessy Advisors	$29.65M	3.39	$7.10M	$1.25	10.31

Does the media favor TCI or HNNA?

In the previous week, Hennessy Advisors had 2 more articles in the media than Transcontinental Realty Investors. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hennessy Advisors and 1 mentions for Transcontinental Realty Investors. Transcontinental Realty Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Hennessy Advisors' score of 0.62 indicating that Transcontinental Realty Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental Realty Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hennessy Advisors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TCI or HNNA more profitable?

Hennessy Advisors has a net margin of 27.50% compared to Transcontinental Realty Investors' net margin of 16.81%. Hennessy Advisors' return on equity of 10.57% beat Transcontinental Realty Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transcontinental Realty Investors	16.81%	0.57%	0.46%
Hennessy Advisors	27.50%	10.57%	6.41%

Summary

Hennessy Advisors beats Transcontinental Realty Investors on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.