Hennessy Advisors (HNNA) Competitors

Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) and Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, MSB or HNNA?

Mesabi Trust has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hennessy Advisors has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MSB or HNNA?

10.3% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mesabi Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.4% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MSB or HNNA more profitable?

Mesabi Trust has a net margin of 93.80% compared to Hennessy Advisors' net margin of 26.29%. Mesabi Trust's return on equity of 231.09% beat Hennessy Advisors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mesabi Trust	93.80%	231.09%	205.66%
Hennessy Advisors	26.29%	9.60%	5.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MSB or HNNA?

Mesabi Trust received 49 more outperform votes than Hennessy Advisors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.14% of users gave Hennessy Advisors an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Mesabi Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mesabi Trust	Outperform Votes 150 62.24%	Underperform Votes 91 37.76%
Hennessy Advisors	Outperform Votes 101 70.14%	Underperform Votes 43 29.86%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MSB or HNNA?

Mesabi Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hennessy Advisors. Mesabi Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hennessy Advisors, 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
Mesabi Trust	$25.46M	13.13	$18.98M	$7.11	3.58
Hennessy Advisors	$35.55M	2.31	$7.10M	$1.25	8.44

Does the media refer more to MSB or HNNA?

In the previous week, Mesabi Trust and Mesabi Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Mesabi Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Hennessy Advisors' score of 0.45 indicating that Mesabi Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mesabi Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hennessy Advisors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MSB or HNNA a better dividend stock?

Mesabi Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Hennessy Advisors pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Mesabi Trust pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hennessy Advisors pays out 44.0% 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. Mesabi Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Mesabi Trust beats Hennessy Advisors on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.