HAN vs. LWI, AAIF, CTUK, HNE, NBLS, CTPE, BIPS, GSF, HINT, and AEMC
Should you be buying Hansa Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hansa Investment include Lowland (LWI), abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Henderson International Income (HINT), and Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Hansa Investment (LON:HAN) and Lowland (LON:LWI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Hansa Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lowland pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Hansa Investment pays out -3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lowland pays out 3,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Lowland had 4 more articles in the media than Hansa Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lowland and 0 mentions for Hansa Investment. Hansa Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Lowland's score of 0.63 indicating that Hansa Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lowland has higher revenue and earnings than Hansa Investment. Hansa Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lowland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lowland has a net margin of 92.09% compared to Hansa Investment's net margin of 85.77%. Lowland's return on equity of 15.94% beat Hansa Investment's return on equity.
0.9% of Hansa Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Lowland shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of Hansa Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Lowland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hansa Investment has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lowland has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lowland received 1 more outperform votes than Hansa Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.08% of users gave Hansa Investment an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Lowland an outperform vote.
Summary
Lowland beats Hansa Investment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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