Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) Competitors

Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and Henderson Diversified Income (LON:HDIV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NTN or HDIV?

14.8% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NTN or HDIV?

Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTN or HDIV?

Henderson Diversified Income received 22 more outperform votes than Northern 3 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Henderson Diversified Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern 3 VCT	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Henderson Diversified Income	Outperform Votes 84 64.12%	Underperform Votes 47 35.88%

Is NTN or HDIV a better dividend stock?

Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.0%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 441.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Diversified Income pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Diversified Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to NTN or HDIV?

In the previous week, Northern 3 VCT had 6 more articles in the media than Henderson Diversified Income. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Northern 3 VCT and 0 mentions for Henderson Diversified Income. Northern 3 VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Henderson Diversified Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Northern 3 VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern 3 VCT	Positive
Henderson Diversified Income	Neutral

Is NTN or HDIV more profitable?

Northern 3 VCT has a net margin of 52.77% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. Northern 3 VCT's return on equity of 2.55% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern 3 VCT	52.77%	2.55%	1.71%
Henderson Diversified Income	N/A	-4.62%	-0.14%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NTN or HDIV?

Northern 3 VCT has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Diversified Income. Henderson Diversified Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern 3 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
Northern 3 VCT	£3.13M	39.13	£1.65M	£1.13	74.15
Henderson Diversified Income	-£30.19M	-0.93	-£6.46M	-£0.04	-385.25

Summary

Northern 3 VCT beats Henderson Diversified Income on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.