NAS vs. MRC, TEM, WWH, AJB, FGT, ATT, PNL, MYI, FEV, and WTAN
Should you be buying North Atlantic Smaller Cos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North Atlantic Smaller Cos include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), AJ Bell (AJB), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and Witan Investment Trust (WTAN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos vs.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. The Mercantile Investment Trust 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.
In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos and North Atlantic Smaller Cos both had 1 articles in the media. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.59 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 16 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% 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.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of 91.37%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.56% beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity.
29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Mercantile Investment Trust beats North Atlantic Smaller Cos on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NAS) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff