Crown Place VCT (CRWN) Competitors

Henderson EuroTrust (LON:HNE) and Crown Place VCT (LON:CRWN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HNE or CRWN?

Henderson EuroTrust has higher revenue and earnings than Crown Place VCT. Henderson EuroTrust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crown Place VCT, 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
Henderson EuroTrust	£31.38M	10.60	£27.02M	£0.13	1,207.69
Crown Place VCT	£4.18M	19.95	£2.11M	£0.01	2,970.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HNE or CRWN?

60.2% of Henderson EuroTrust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Henderson EuroTrust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Crown Place VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HNE or CRWN a better dividend stock?

Henderson EuroTrust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Crown Place VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Henderson EuroTrust pays out 5,384.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Place VCT pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer HNE or CRWN?

In the previous week, Henderson EuroTrust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown Place VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson EuroTrust	Neutral
Crown Place VCT	Neutral

Is HNE or CRWN more profitable?

Henderson EuroTrust has a net margin of 86.11% compared to Crown Place VCT's net margin of 50.52%. Henderson EuroTrust's return on equity of 7.94% beat Crown Place VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson EuroTrust	86.11%	7.94%	5.10%
Crown Place VCT	50.52%	2.45%	1.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, HNE or CRWN?

Henderson EuroTrust has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Place VCT has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HNE or CRWN?

Crown Place VCT received 19 more outperform votes than Henderson EuroTrust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.69% of users gave Henderson EuroTrust an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Crown Place VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson EuroTrust	Outperform Votes 68 68.69%	Underperform Votes 31 31.31%
Crown Place VCT	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Summary

Henderson EuroTrust beats Crown Place VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.