Transense Technologies (TRT) Competitors

Northern Venture Trust (LON:NVT) and Transense Technologies (LON:TRT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NVT or TRT?

0.1% of Northern Venture Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.3% of Transense Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 52.6% of Northern Venture Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Transense Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, NVT or TRT?

Northern Venture Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transense Technologies. Transense Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Venture Trust, 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 Venture Trust	£3.70M	29.32	£3.22M	£0.02	2,700.00
Transense Technologies	£4.18M	6.83	£1.56M	£0.10	1,875.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NVT or TRT?

Transense Technologies received 69 more outperform votes than Northern Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.35% of users gave Northern Venture Trust an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Transense Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 33 67.35%	Underperform Votes 16 32.65%
Transense Technologies	Outperform Votes 102 48.57%	Underperform Votes 108 51.43%

Does the media favor NVT or TRT?

In the previous week, Northern Venture Trust and Northern Venture Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Northern Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Transense Technologies' score of 0.12 indicating that Northern Venture Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Venture Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Transense Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NVT or TRT more profitable?

Northern Venture Trust has a net margin of 86.87% compared to Transense Technologies' net margin of 37.44%. Transense Technologies' return on equity of 32.08% beat Northern Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Venture Trust	86.87%	2.96%	0.57%
Transense Technologies	37.44%	32.08%	14.52%

Which has more volatility and risk, NVT or TRT?

Northern Venture Trust has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transense Technologies has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Northern Venture Trust and Transense Technologies tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.