Henderson European Trust (HET) Competitors

Henderson European Trust (LON:HET) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, HET or HVPE?

Henderson European Trust has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HET or HVPE?

34.1% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HET or HVPE more profitable?

Henderson European Trust has a net margin of 95.15% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 37.99%. Henderson European Trust's return on equity of 17.54% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson European Trust	95.15%	17.54%	10.02%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	37.99%	0.26%	2.14%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HET or HVPE?

Henderson European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. HarbourVest Global Private Equity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson European Trust, 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 European Trust	£75.38M	8.16	£71.73M	£0.34	545.59
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£32.28M	73.88	£12.26M	£10.63	242.61

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HET or HVPE?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity received 63 more outperform votes than Henderson European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson European Trust	N/A	N/A
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Outperform Votes 63 63.64%	Underperform Votes 36 36.36%

Does the media favor HET or HVPE?

In the previous week, Henderson European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Henderson European Trust and 1 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. Henderson European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's score of -0.05 indicating that Henderson European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henderson European Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Henderson European Trust beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.