DUKE vs. NAS, THRG, POLR, POLN, JPGI, TPOU, JEGI, JLEN, FSG, and RTW
Should you be buying Duke Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Capital include North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Polar Capital (POLR), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Third Point Investors (TPOU), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), Foresight Group (FSG), and RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Duke Capital vs.
Duke Capital (LON:DUKE) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) 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 valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Duke Capital had 1 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Duke Capital and 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. Duke Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.59 indicating that Duke Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Duke Capital has a net margin of 1,408.25% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of 91.37%. Duke Capital's return on equity of 255.49% beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity.
Duke Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. Duke Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North Atlantic Smaller Cos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Duke Capital pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% 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. Duke Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
36.1% of Duke Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Duke Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Duke Capital received 17 more outperform votes than North Atlantic Smaller Cos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Duke Capital an outperform vote while only 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote.
Duke Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 46, suggesting a potential upside of 51.67%. Given Duke Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Duke Capital is more favorable than North Atlantic Smaller Cos.
Duke Capital has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Duke Capital beats North Atlantic Smaller Cos on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DUKE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
