HSL vs. BUR, HICL, INPP, CTY, JAM, TRIG, HVPE, QLT, CLDN, and TEM
Should you be buying Henderson Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Smaller Companies include Burford Capital (BUR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), City of London (CTY), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Quilter (QLT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Smaller Companies vs.
Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Burford Capital pays out 740.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 45.19%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Henderson Smaller Companies.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Burford Capital received 302 more outperform votes than Henderson Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.66% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 33.87%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 16.58% beat Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HSL) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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