Comparing Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) & Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH)

Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) and Highest Performances (NASDAQ:HPH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hennessy Advisors and Highest Performances”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hennessy Advisors	$27.13 million	2.81	$4.77 million	$0.68	14.62
Highest Performances	$81.59 million	4.24	-$6.01 million	N/A	N/A

Hennessy Advisors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Highest Performances.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.3% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by institutional investors. 37.8% of Hennessy Advisors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Highest Performances shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Hennessy Advisors and Highest Performances, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hennessy Advisors	0	0	0	0	N/A
Highest Performances	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Hennessy Advisors and Highest Performances’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hennessy Advisors	22.53%	6.89%	4.16%
Highest Performances	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Hennessy Advisors has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highest Performances has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hennessy Advisors beats Highest Performances on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hennessy Advisors

Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is an employee owned investment manager. It provides its services to Hennessy Funds and investment companies. The firm launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in growth stocks of companies. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. Hennessy Advisors, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Novato, California with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

About Highest Performances

Highest Performances Holdings Inc. engages in the provision of financial technology services in China. The company distributes publicly raised fund and privately raised securities investment fund products through online and offline. It also offers insurance consulting, trust consulting, asset management, wealth management, and other ancillary services. The company was formerly known as Puyi Inc. and changed its name to Highest Performances Holdings Inc. in March 2024. Highest Performances Holdings Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.