Northern 3 VCT (NTN) Competitors

Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTN or NAS?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 31 more outperform votes than Northern 3 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern 3 VCT	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 93 68.38%	Underperform Votes 43 31.62%

Is NTN or NAS more profitable?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to Northern 3 VCT's net margin of 52.77%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat Northern 3 VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern 3 VCT	52.77%	2.55%	1.71%
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	91.37%	12.49%	0.24%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NTN or NAS?

29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held 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.

Does the media favor NTN or NAS?

In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos had 1 more articles in the media than Northern 3 VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos and 0 mentions for Northern 3 VCT. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Northern 3 VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern 3 VCT	Neutral
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NTN or NAS?

Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NTN or NAS a better dividend stock?

Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 441.3% 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 Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NTN or NAS?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Northern 3 VCT. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern 3 VCT, 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
Northern 3 VCT	£3.13M	39.13	£1.65M	£1.13	74.15
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	£96.28M	5.16	£87.97M	£665.50	5.65

Summary

North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Northern 3 VCT on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.