Henderson Opportunities (HOT) Competitors

Henderson Opportunities (LON:HOT) and Henderson International Income (LON:HINT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HOT or HINT?

Henderson International Income has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Opportunities. Henderson International Income 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	£2.69M	32.93	£990.29K	£2.54	88.72
Henderson International Income	£38.86M	9.23	£34.86M	£17.78	10.29

Is HOT or HINT more profitable?

Henderson International Income has a net margin of 89.72% compared to Henderson Opportunities' net margin of 36.87%. Henderson International Income's return on equity of 9.71% beat Henderson Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Opportunities	36.87%	1.13%	1.00%
Henderson International Income	89.72%	9.71%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOT or HINT?

Henderson International Income received 53 more outperform votes than Henderson Opportunities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave Henderson International Income 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%
Henderson International Income	Outperform Votes 113 67.26%	Underperform Votes 55 32.74%

Is HOT or HINT a better dividend stock?

Henderson Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Henderson International Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Henderson Opportunities pays out 275.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson International Income pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson International Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

23.6% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Henderson International Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Henderson Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Henderson International Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer HOT or HINT?

In the previous week, Henderson Opportunities had 1 more articles in the media than Henderson International Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Opportunities and 0 mentions for Henderson International Income. Henderson Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Henderson International Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Opportunities	Very Positive
Henderson International Income	Neutral

Summary

Henderson International Income beats Henderson Opportunities on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.