North American Income Trust (NAIT) Competitors

North American Income Trust (LON:NAIT) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is NAIT or N91 a better dividend stock?

North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. North American Income Trust pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NAIT or N91?

North American Income Trust received 85 more outperform votes than Ninety One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave North American Income Trust an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Ninety One Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North American Income Trust	Outperform Votes 87 67.44%	Underperform Votes 42 32.56%
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%

Do analysts rate NAIT or N91?

Ninety One Group has a consensus target price of GBX 173, indicating a potential downside of 3.13%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than North American Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North American Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, NAIT or N91?

North American Income Trust has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NAIT or N91?

Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than North American Income Trust. North American Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One 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
North American Income Trust	£56.18M	7.08	£49.67M	£40.62	7.98
Ninety One Group	£586.81M	2.70	£154.01M	£17.37	10.28

Is NAIT or N91 more profitable?

North American Income Trust has a net margin of 88.41% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat North American Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North American Income Trust	88.41%	12.23%	-0.86%
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%

Does the media favor NAIT or N91?

In the previous week, North American Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ninety One Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
North American Income Trust	Neutral
Ninety One Group	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NAIT or N91?

51.9% of North American Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of North American Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are held by 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.

Summary

Ninety One Group beats North American Income Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.