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North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS) Competitors

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GBX 3,600 +50.00 (+1.41%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

NAS vs. SSON, JAM, TEM, PNL, AJB, WTAN, MRC, BRW, RAT, and SNN

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), Personal Assets (PNL), AJ Bell (AJB), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Rathbones Group (RAT), and Sanne Group (SNN). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

19.1% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Smithson Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled North Atlantic Smaller Cos'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Smithson Investment Trust Neutral
North Atlantic Smaller Cos Neutral

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 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-128.98-£42.74M-£33.47-40.63
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 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NAS vs. The Competition

MetricNorth Atlantic Smaller CosAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£475.89M£1.09B£3.66B£2.48B
Dividend Yield1.88%4.43%4.20%4.96%
P/E Ratio5.4123.6314.01129.75
Price / Sales4.942,224.361,657.54232,042.22
Price / Cash13.8560.9450.1928.07
Price / Book0.651.103.334.43
Net Income£87.97M£260.34M£1.23B£5.83B
7 Day Performance5.57%2.64%2.01%3.01%
1 Month Performance1.07%1.67%0.62%-1.06%
1 Year Performance-0.83%1.56%9.70%102.51%

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
+1.4%
N/A+1.1%£475.89M£96.28M5.41N/A
SSON
Smithson Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,328
+2.9%
N/A-0.9%£1.70B£-13,481,214.92-39.67N/APositive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
JAM
JPMorgan American
N/AGBX 921
+6.0%
N/A-5.7%£1.67B£431.16M3.99N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 156.60
+1.3%
N/A+6.0%£1.64B£160.96M12.56N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
PNL
Personal Assets
N/AGBX 500.28
+1.3%
N/A+6.0%£1.59B£107.31M12.75N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
AJB
AJ Bell
N/AGBX 385
+6.1%
GBX 455
+18.2%
+39.6%£1.59B£244.77M19.691,373Dividend Increase
WTAN
Witan Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.58B£246.38M738.896
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 211.59
+4.5%
N/A+5.8%£1.57B£415.73M3.982,800Positive News
Gap Up
BRW
Brewin Dolphin
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.56B£415.46M3,029.412,186
RAT
Rathbones Group
N/AGBX 1,472
+3.2%
N/A-4.2%£1.53B£874.75M23.963,500Gap Down
SNN
Sanne Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.50B£194.16M-204.6720,100

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