Henderson Opportunities (HOT) Competitors

Henderson Opportunities (LON:HOT) and abrdn Asian Income Fund (LON:AAIF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HOT or AAIF?

23.6% of Henderson Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Henderson Opportunities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of abrdn Asian Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HOT or AAIF?

Henderson Opportunities has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asian Income Fund has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HOT or AAIF?

abrdn Asian Income Fund has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Opportunities. abrdn Asian Income Fund 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
Henderson Opportunities	£2.70M	31.88	-£8.17M	£0.03	7,266.67
abrdn Asian Income Fund	£54.52M	6.10	£46.51M	£0.28	760.71

Does the media prefer HOT or AAIF?

In the previous week, Henderson Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn Asian Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Henderson Opportunities and 2 mentions for abrdn Asian Income Fund. Henderson Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat abrdn Asian Income Fund's score of 0.34 indicating that Henderson Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Opportunities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
abrdn Asian Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOT or AAIF?

abrdn Asian Income Fund received 38 more outperform votes than Henderson Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave abrdn Asian Income Fund an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Henderson Opportunities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Opportunities	Outperform Votes 60 56.60%	Underperform Votes 46 43.40%
abrdn Asian Income Fund	Outperform Votes 98 76.56%	Underperform Votes 30 23.44%

Is HOT or AAIF more profitable?

abrdn Asian Income Fund has a net margin of 85.32% compared to Henderson Opportunities' net margin of 36.87%. abrdn Asian Income Fund's return on equity of 11.91% beat Henderson Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Opportunities	36.87%	1.04%	1.00%
abrdn Asian Income Fund	85.32%	11.91%	7.35%

Is HOT or AAIF a better dividend stock?

Henderson Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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. abrdn Asian Income Fund pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn Asian Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend HOT or AAIF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson Opportunities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
abrdn Asian Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

abrdn Asian Income Fund beats Henderson Opportunities on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.