Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FAS or HFEL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Asian Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Henderson Far East Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Fidelity Asian Values 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
Fidelity Asian Values	£5.99M	64.46	-£5.81M	-£0.08	-6,775.00
Henderson Far East Income	-£47.18M	-8.23	-£56.24M	-£0.35	-684.29

Does the media refer more to FAS or HFEL?

In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity Asian Values'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	Neutral
Henderson Far East Income	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FAS or HFEL?

54.2% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values received 19 more outperform votes than Henderson Far East Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%

Is FAS or HFEL more profitable?

Henderson Far East Income has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Henderson Far East Income's net margin of -97.04%. Henderson Far East Income's return on equity of -1.52% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Asian Values	-97.04%	-1.52%	0.25%
Henderson Far East Income	N/A	-14.10%	-7.52%

Is FAS or HFEL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Fidelity Asian Values pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income pays out -6,857.1% 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.

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Henderson Far East Income on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.