Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) and Shires Income (LON:SHRS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HFEL or SHRS?

8.5% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Shires Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Shires Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, HFEL or SHRS?

Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HFEL or SHRS?

Shires Income has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Shires Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Far East Income, 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 Far East Income	-£1.75M	-216.31	-£10.35M	-£0.07	-3,278.57
Shires Income	£10.57M	9.04	-£1.47M	-£0.04	-5,775.00

Is HFEL or SHRS a better dividend stock?

Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Henderson Far East Income pays out -35,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shires Income pays out -35,000.0% 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. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HFEL or SHRS more profitable?

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Shires Income's net margin of -216.15%. Shires Income's return on equity of -1.58% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson Far East Income	N/A	-2.66%	-0.81%
Shires Income	-216.15%	-1.58%	-0.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HFEL or SHRS?

Henderson Far East Income received 38 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%

Does the media favor HFEL or SHRS?

In the previous week, Shires Income had 2 more articles in the media than Henderson Far East Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Shires Income and 0 mentions for Henderson Far East Income. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shires Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson Far East Income	Neutral
Shires Income	Neutral

Summary

Shires Income beats Henderson Far East Income on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.