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North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS) Competitors

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GBX 3,600 +20.00 (+0.56%)
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NAS vs. SSON, JAM, TEM, TRIG, AJB, MRC, BHMG, RAT, FEV, and WWH

Should you be buying North Atlantic Smaller Cos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North Atlantic Smaller Cos include Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), JPMorgan American (JAM), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), AJ Bell (AJB), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

North Atlantic Smaller Cos vs.

Smithson Investment Trust (LON:SSON) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust 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.

Smithson Investment Trust has a net margin of 317.04% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of 91.37%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat Smithson Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smithson Investment Trust317.04% -2.13% N/A
North Atlantic Smaller Cos 91.37%12.49%0.24%

North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 93 more outperform votes than Smithson Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Smithson Investment TrustN/AN/A
North Atlantic Smaller CosOutperform Votes
93
68.38%
Underperform Votes
43
31.62%

In the previous week, Smithson Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Smithson Investment Trust and 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. Smithson Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.75 indicating that Smithson Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Smithson Investment 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
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

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Smithson Investment Trust. Smithson 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smithson Investment Trust-£13.48M-136.19-£42.74M-£33.47-42.90
North Atlantic Smaller Cos£96.28M4.94£87.97M£665.505.41

Summary

North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Smithson Investment Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NAS vs. The Competition

MetricNorth Atlantic Smaller CosAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£475.89M£1.13B£4.21B£2.60B
Dividend Yield1.88%4.42%4.19%4.82%
P/E Ratio5.4126.9215.96141.21
Price / Sales4.942,260.211,695.72281,678.09
Price / Cash13.8560.8148.9727.94
Price / Book0.651.113.354.61
Net Income£87.97M£259.01M£1.28B£5.78B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.35%-0.13%1.37%
1 Month Performance-1.37%-2.34%6.17%7.22%
1 Year PerformanceN/A4.04%9.87%108.14%

North Atlantic Smaller Cos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NAS
North Atlantic Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 3,600
+0.6%
N/A+1.1%£475.89M£96.28M5.41N/ANews Coverage
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,468
+0.8%
N/A+2.2%£1.88B£-13,481,214.92-43.86N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 1,021.52
-0.2%
N/A+2.7%£1.85B£431.16M4.43N/AHigh Trading Volume
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 174.60
-0.2%
N/A+13.3%£1.82B£160.96M14.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
TRIG
The Renewables Infrastructure Group
3.045 of 5 stars
GBX 72.40
+0.3%
GBX 130
+79.6%
-25.5%£1.78B£-79,286,162.81-47.72N/AHigh Trading Volume
AJB
AJ Bell
1.1076 of 5 stars
GBX 421.50
+0.8%
GBX 455
+7.9%
+35.9%£1.74B£244.77M21.561,373Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 232.75
+0.3%
N/A+3.3%£1.73B£415.73M4.382,800High Trading Volume
BHMG
BH Macro GBP
N/AGBX 373
-0.8%
N/A+10.6%£1.72B£35.67M40.28N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
RAT
Rathbones Group
N/AGBX 1,634
+2.5%
N/A+5.0%£1.70B£874.75M26.593,500High Trading Volume
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
N/AGBX 401.25
+0.1%
N/A-0.9%£1.65B£221.98M7.95N/APositive News
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
N/AGBX 309.53
+0.2%
N/A-8.8%£1.65B£245.62M7.20N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:NAS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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