Foresight Group (FSG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, FSG or NAS?

Foresight Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSG or NAS a better dividend stock?

Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share. Foresight Group pays out 10,476.2% 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 -5,238.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is FSG or NAS more profitable?

Foresight Group has a net margin of 15.39% compared to North Atlantic Smaller Cos' net margin of -133.37%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 27.80% beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight Group	15.39%	27.80%	10.25%
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	-133.37%	-0.82%	-0.46%

Does the media prefer FSG or NAS?

In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos had 4 more articles in the media than Foresight Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos and 0 mentions for Foresight Group. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Foresight Group's score of 0.00 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Foresight Group	Neutral
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FSG or NAS?

Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, 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
Foresight Group	£136.28M	3.89	£20.97M	£0.21	2,176.19
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	£4.14M	0.00	-£5.52M	-£0.42	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSG or NAS?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 91 more outperform votes than Foresight Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foresight Group an outperform vote while only 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight Group	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 93 68.38%	Underperform Votes 43 31.62%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FSG or NAS?

46.8% of Foresight Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 40.6% of Foresight Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.2% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate FSG or NAS?

Foresight Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 560, indicating a potential upside of 22.54%.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Foresight Group beats North Atlantic Smaller Cos on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.