Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

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

Is HEFT or SHRS more profitable?

Shires Income has a net margin of 1,007.53% compared to Henderson European Focus Trust's net margin of 94.44%. Shires Income's return on equity of 68.29% beat Henderson European Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson European Focus Trust	94.44%	21.72%	12.61%
Shires Income	1,007.53%	68.29%	-0.15%

Which has more volatility and risk, HEFT or SHRS?

Henderson European Focus Trust has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HEFT or SHRS?

44.2% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Shires Income shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Shires Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HEFT or SHRS a better dividend stock?

Henderson European Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Henderson European Focus Trust pays out 1,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shires Income pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to HEFT or SHRS?

In the previous week, Henderson European Focus Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shires Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson European Focus Trust	Neutral
Shires Income	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HEFT or SHRS?

Henderson European Focus Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Henderson European Focus Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shires 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 European Focus Trust	£79.72M	0.00	£75.29M	£0.35	N/A
Shires Income	£7.18M	13.98	£72.33M	£178.75	1.38

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEFT or SHRS?

Henderson European Focus Trust received 21 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.11% of users gave Henderson European Focus Trust an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson European Focus Trust	Outperform Votes 77 63.11%	Underperform Votes 45 36.89%
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%

Summary

Henderson European Focus Trust beats Shires Income on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.