North American Income Trust (NAIT) Competitors

North American Income Trust (LON:NAIT) and JTC (LON:JTC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is NAIT or JTC a better dividend stock?

North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. North American Income Trust pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JTC pays out 6,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North American Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NAIT or JTC?

North American Income Trust received 18 more outperform votes than JTC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.40% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 67.44% of users gave North American Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North American Income Trust	Outperform Votes 87 67.44%	Underperform Votes 42 32.56%
JTC	Outperform Votes 69 73.40%	Underperform Votes 25 26.60%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NAIT or JTC?

JTC has higher revenue and earnings than North American Income Trust. North American Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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
North American Income Trust	-£2.93M	-143.33	-£9.17M	-£0.07	-4,627.57
JTC	£283.06M	5.56	£29.12M	£0.18	5,383.33

Is NAIT or JTC more profitable?

JTC has a net margin of 10.29% compared to North American Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. JTC's return on equity of 6.00% beat North American Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North American Income Trust	N/A	-2.02%	-0.86%
JTC	10.29%	6.00%	4.96%

Which has more risk and volatility, NAIT or JTC?

North American Income Trust has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NAIT or JTC?

In the previous week, North American Income Trust and North American Income Trust both had 1 articles in the media. North American Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat JTC's score of 0.34 indicating that North American Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
North American Income Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate NAIT or JTC?

JTC has a consensus price target of GBX 1,250, indicating a potential upside of 29.00%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than North American Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North American Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NAIT or JTC?

51.9% of North American Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of North American Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of JTC 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.

Summary

JTC beats North American Income Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.