Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) Competitors

Hansa Investment (LON:HAN) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HAN or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Hansa Investment. Hansa Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, 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
Hansa Investment	£80.86M	3.31	£77.36M	£76.86	3.14
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	6.82	£293.20M	£0.62	1,773.39

Does the media prefer HAN or HL?

In the previous week, Hansa Investment and Hansa Investment both had 3 articles in the media. Hansa Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of -0.23 indicating that Hansa Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hansa Investment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HAN or HL a better dividend stock?

Hansa Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hansa Investment pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, HAN or HL?

Hansa Investment has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HAN or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus target price of GBX 1,048.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.67%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Hansa Investment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hansa Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HAN or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 294 more outperform votes than Hansa Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.08% of users gave Hansa Investment an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hansa Investment	Outperform Votes 113 66.08%	Underperform Votes 58 33.92%
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HAN or HL?

0.9% of Hansa Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.3% of Hansa Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HAN or HL more profitable?

Hansa Investment has a net margin of 95.67% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Hansa Investment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hansa Investment	95.67%	19.42%	13.97%
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Hansa Investment on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.