NAIT vs. MRC, AJB, FGT, PNL, ATT, WTAN, BRW, MYI, JTC, and SNN
Should you be buying North American Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Income Trust include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), AJ Bell (AJB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Personal Assets (PNL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Murray International (MYI), JTC (JTC), and Sanne Group (SNN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
North American Income Trust vs.
North American Income Trust (LON:NAIT) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 76.99% compared to North American Income Trust's net margin of 0.00%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 4.03% beat North American Income Trust's return on equity.
51.9% of North American Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of North American Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned 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.
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 1.68 beat The Mercantile Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that North American Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. North American Income Trust pays out -17,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North American Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
North American Income Trust received 10 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave North American Income Trust an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than North American Income Trust. North American Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Mercantile Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
North American Income Trust has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Mercantile Investment Trust beats North American Income Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NAIT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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