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Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) Competitors

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GBX 811 +4.00 (+0.50%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

HSL vs. SSON, EMG, HICL, BUR, HGT, INPP, QLT, CTY, TRIG, and JAM

Should you be buying Henderson Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Smaller Companies include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Burford Capital (BUR), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), City of London (CTY), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Henderson Smaller Companies vs.

Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) and Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Henderson Smaller Companies received 81 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Henderson Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
81
68.64%
Underperform Votes
37
31.36%
Smithson Investment TrustN/AN/A

Henderson Smaller Companies has a net margin of 93.00% compared to Smithson Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.12% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Henderson Smaller Companies93.00% 13.12% 7.47%
Smithson Investment Trust N/A N/A N/A

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson Investment Trust 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Henderson Smaller Companies£100.37M6.01£93.34M£1.25648.80
Smithson Investment TrustN/AN/AN/A£2.27647.58

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Smithson Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Smithson Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Henderson Smaller Companies Neutral
Smithson Investment Trust Neutral

31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats Smithson Investment Trust on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HSL vs. The Competition

MetricHenderson Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£603.30M£1.08B£3.73B£1.90B
Dividend Yield3.21%4.69%4.43%5.45%
P/E Ratio648.80802.15418.741,861.10
Price / Sales6.011,450.201,744.90392,379.48
Price / Cash67.4964.4752.5328.59
Price / Book0.811.141.372.80
Net Income£93.34M£64.95M£361.47M£155.77M
7 Day Performance-3.22%-1.95%-1.62%-2.02%
1 Month Performance-0.37%-0.25%0.23%21.62%
1 Year Performance-0.25%7.20%9.87%29.68%

Henderson Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSL
Henderson Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 811
+0.5%
N/A-0.1%£603.30M£100.37M648.80N/A
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,496
-0.3%
N/A+6.9%£2.43BN/A659.03N/APositive News
EMG
Man Group
2.3413 of 5 stars
GBX 210.20
-0.3%
GBX 295
+40.3%
-10.4%£2.42B£1.40B1,054.001,790Insider Trade
News Coverage
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 117.60
-2.3%
N/A-16.9%£2.38B£35.20M5,880.00N/ANews Coverage
Gap Down
BUR
Burford Capital
1.4283 of 5 stars
GBX 1,073
+0.9%
GBX 1,600
+49.1%
-0.2%£2.35B£1.17B787.41140News Coverage
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 514
-0.6%
N/A+20.8%£2.35B£255.96M1,036.66N/A
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 121.20
-0.8%
N/A-13.2%£2.30B£66.07M12,120.00N/A
QLT
Quilter
N/AGBX 155.40
+0.6%
GBX 135
-13.1%
+49.2%£2.16B£6.43B3,885.002,983Gap Down
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 434.50
-0.2%
N/A+4.4%£2.15B£140.56M1,738.00N/A
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
3.4929 of 5 stars
GBX 86.20
-0.8%
GBX 130
+50.8%
-24.9%£2.14B£-80,300,000.00-8,620.00N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,150
flat
N/A+31.5%£2.07B£434.58M495.69N/A

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This page (LON:HSL) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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