Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, FSG or HDIV?

Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FSG or HDIV?

Foresight Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 43.92%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than Henderson Diversified Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Henderson Diversified Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSG or HDIV?

Henderson Diversified Income received 81 more outperform votes than Foresight Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foresight Group an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Henderson Diversified Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Henderson Diversified Income	Outperform Votes 84 64.12%	Underperform Votes 47 35.88%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FSG or HDIV?

Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Diversified Income. Henderson Diversified Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, 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
Foresight Group	£141.33M	3.29	£26.43M	£0.22	1,831.82
Henderson Diversified Income	-£30.19M	-1.04	-£6.46M	-£0.04	-431.75

Does the media prefer FSG or HDIV?

In the previous week, Foresight Group had 2 more articles in the media than Henderson Diversified Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Group and 0 mentions for Henderson Diversified Income. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Henderson Diversified Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foresight Group	Neutral
Henderson Diversified Income	Neutral

Is FSG or HDIV more profitable?

Foresight Group has a net margin of 18.70% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 31.88% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight Group	18.70%	31.88%	15.09%
Henderson Diversified Income	N/A	-4.62%	-0.14%

Is FSG or HDIV a better dividend stock?

Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.2%. Foresight Group pays out 14,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FSG or HDIV?

42.8% of Foresight Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.8% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Foresight Group beats Henderson Diversified Income on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.