Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and International Public Partnerships (LON:INPP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts recommend HSL or INPP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson Smaller Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
International Public Partnerships	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HSL or INPP?

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than International Public Partnerships. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Public Partnerships, 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 Smaller Companies	£100.37M	6.17	£93.34M	£1.25	665.60
International Public Partnerships	£66.07M	36.81	£27.86M	£0.01	12,800.00

Does the media prefer HSL or INPP?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 2 more articles in the media than International Public Partnerships. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 1 mentions for International Public Partnerships. International Public Partnerships' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.27 indicating that International Public Partnerships is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
International Public Partnerships	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HSL or INPP more profitable?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to International Public Partnerships' net margin of 42.17%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.12% beat International Public Partnerships' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.12%	7.47%
International Public Partnerships	42.17%	0.94%	0.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSL or INPP?

Henderson Smaller Companies received 18 more outperform votes than International Public Partnerships when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave International Public Partnerships an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%
International Public Partnerships	Outperform Votes 63 64.29%	Underperform Votes 35 35.71%

Which has more risk & volatility, HSL or INPP?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Public Partnerships has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HSL or INPP?

31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Public Partnerships shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HSL or INPP a better dividend stock?

Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. International Public Partnerships pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 2,160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. International Public Partnerships pays out 80,000.0% 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

Henderson Smaller Companies beats International Public Partnerships on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.