Kingswood (KWG) Competitors

Henderson EuroTrust (LON:HNE) and Kingswood (LON:KWG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HNE or KWG?

60.2% of Henderson EuroTrust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Kingswood shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Henderson EuroTrust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Kingswood shares are held by company 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.

Is HNE or KWG more profitable?

Henderson EuroTrust has a net margin of 86.11% compared to Kingswood's net margin of -15.95%. Henderson EuroTrust's return on equity of 7.94% beat Kingswood's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson EuroTrust	86.11%	7.94%	5.10%
Kingswood	-15.95%	-20.03%	3.99%

Do analysts rate HNE or KWG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson EuroTrust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kingswood	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HNE or KWG?

Henderson EuroTrust received 51 more outperform votes than Kingswood when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Henderson EuroTrust an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave Kingswood an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson EuroTrust	Outperform Votes 68 68.69%	Underperform Votes 31 31.31%
Kingswood	Outperform Votes 17 53.13%	Underperform Votes 15 46.88%

Which has more volatility and risk, HNE or KWG?

Henderson EuroTrust has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kingswood has a beta of -0.21, suggesting that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HNE or KWG?

Henderson EuroTrust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kingswood. Kingswood is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson EuroTrust, 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 EuroTrust	£31.38M	10.60	£27.02M	£0.13	1,207.69
Kingswood	£91.19M	0.94	-£14.09M	-£0.08	-156.25

Does the media favor HNE or KWG?

In the previous week, Henderson EuroTrust had 2 more articles in the media than Kingswood. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Henderson EuroTrust and 0 mentions for Kingswood. Henderson EuroTrust's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Kingswood's score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson EuroTrust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson EuroTrust	Positive
Kingswood	Neutral

Summary

Henderson EuroTrust beats Kingswood on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.