North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS) Competitors

North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer NAS or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 487.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than North Atlantic Smaller Cos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is NAS or AJB a better dividend stock?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 43,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NAS or AJB?

29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NAS or AJB more profitable?

AJ Bell has a net margin of 33.20% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of 19.05%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 49.62% beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	19.05%	0.31%	0.24%
AJ Bell	33.20%	49.62%	36.07%

Does the media refer more to NAS or AJB?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 7 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AJ Bell and 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.67 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AJ Bell	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NAS or AJB?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. AJ Bell 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	£11.28M	44.15	£2.15M	£0.16	23,437.50
AJ Bell	£244.98M	7.76	£81.33M	£0.20	2,306.32

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NAS or AJB?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 55 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 42.70% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 93 68.38%	Underperform Votes 43 31.62%
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 38 42.70%	Underperform Votes 51 57.30%

Which has more risk and volatility, NAS or AJB?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AJ Bell beats North Atlantic Smaller Cos on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.