Henderson Opportunities (HOT) Competitors

Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) and Henderson Opportunities (LON:HOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FAS or HOT?

53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of Henderson Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Henderson Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, FAS or HOT?

Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Opportunities has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FAS or HOT?

In the previous week, Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson Opportunities'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	Neutral
Henderson Opportunities	Neutral

Is FAS or HOT more profitable?

Henderson Opportunities has a net margin of 36.87% compared to Fidelity Asian Values' net margin of -97.04%. Henderson Opportunities' return on equity of 1.04% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Asian Values	-97.04%	-1.52%	0.25%
Henderson Opportunities	36.87%	1.04%	1.00%

Which has better valuation and earnings, FAS or HOT?

Fidelity Asian Values has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Opportunities. Fidelity Asian Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Opportunities, 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
Fidelity Asian Values	£5.99M	59.76	-£5.81M	-£0.08	-6,300.00
Henderson Opportunities	£2.70M	33.49	-£8.17M	£0.03	7,633.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FAS or HOT?

Fidelity Asian Values received 53 more outperform votes than Henderson Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Henderson Opportunities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%
Henderson Opportunities	Outperform Votes 60 56.60%	Underperform Votes 46 43.40%

Is FAS or HOT a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Henderson Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Fidelity Asian Values pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Opportunities pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Henderson Opportunities on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.