Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

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

Is HSL or MNKS a better dividend stock?

Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer HSL or MNKS?

In the previous week, Monks had 6 more articles in the media than Henderson Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Monks' score of 0.20 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Monks	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, HSL or MNKS?

Monks has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Smaller Companies, 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	£98.67M	5.48	£91.77M	£124.85	5.89
Monks	£610.03M	3.42	£589.71M	£308.06	3.52

Is HSL or MNKS more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to Henderson Smaller Companies' net margin of 93.00%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%

Which has more volatility & risk, HSL or MNKS?

Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monks has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSL or MNKS?

Monks received 5 more outperform votes than Henderson Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 64.18% of users gave Monks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 81 68.64%	Underperform Votes 37 31.36%
Monks	Outperform Votes 86 64.18%	Underperform Votes 48 35.82%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HSL or MNKS?

31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Monks shares are held 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.

Summary

Monks beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.