Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FGT or HFEL?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FGT or HFEL?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Henderson Far East Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.54	£90.54M	£60.89	15.16
Henderson Far East Income	-£1.75M	-212.03	-£10.33M	-£6.35	-35.99

Is FGT or HFEL more profitable?

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 589.91% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%
Henderson Far East Income	589.91%	-2.82%	-0.81%

Which has more risk & volatility, FGT or HFEL?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FGT or HFEL a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out -393.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FGT or HFEL?

Henderson Far East Income received 16 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%

Does the media favor FGT or HFEL?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 3 more articles in the media than Henderson Far East Income. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Henderson Far East Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Henderson Far East Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive
Henderson Far East Income	Neutral

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Henderson Far East Income on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.