Live Analysis: Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA) Vs. Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund (NYSE:ETO)

Hennessy Advisors (NASDAQ:HNNA – Get Free Report) and Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund (NYSE:ETO – Get Free Report) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

dividends

Hennessy Advisors pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Hennessy Advisors pays out 80.9% of its earnings as dividends, suggesting that it may not have enough income to cover its dividend payout in the future.

Analyst recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Hennessy Advisors and Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund as provided by MarketBeat.

Rating and Earnings

This table compares the headline earnings, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation of Hennessy Advisors and Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund.

Hennessy Advisors has higher earnings but lower revenue than Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund.

Institutional and insider ownership

10.3% of Hennessy Advisors shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.8% of Hennessy Advisors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and big money managers believe the stock is poised for long-term growth.

return

This table compares Hennessy Advisors and Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Hennessy Advisors beats Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hennessy Advisors

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Hennessy Advisors, Inc. is an employee-owned investment manager. He offers his services to Hennessy Funds and investment companies. The firm launches and manages equity, fixed income and balanced mutual funds. Invest in public equity and fixed income markets around the world. The firm mainly invests in growth stocks of companies. She conducts internal research to make her investments. Hennessy Advisors, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Novato, California with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

About Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund

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Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund is a closed-end equity mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. Invest in public equity markets around the world. The fund seeks to invest in the shares of companies operating in diversified sectors. It mainly invests in dividend paying value stocks of companies. The fund uses fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. It measures the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI World Index. Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund was established on April 30, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

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