HET vs. BUR, MNKS, HVPE, CTY, HICL, EMG, HGT, INPP, QLT, and AJB
Should you be buying Henderson European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson European Trust include Burford Capital (BUR), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), City of London (CTY), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Man Group (EMG), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson European Trust vs. Its Competitors
Henderson European Trust (LON:HET) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 67.71%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Henderson European Trust.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson European Trust. Burford Capital 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.
Henderson European Trust has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Henderson European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Henderson European Trust. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Henderson European Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Henderson European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Henderson European Trust pays out 1,764.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
34.1% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Henderson European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned 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.
Henderson European Trust has a net margin of 95.15% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 64.53%. Henderson European Trust's return on equity of 17.54% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Henderson European Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HET) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
