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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

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	£93.81M	4.31	£49.67M	£0.69	503.61
Ninety One Group	£700M	2.40	£154.01M	£0.17	1,132.56

Which has more volatility and risk, NAIT or N91?

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NAIT or N91?

8.4% of North American Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of North American Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NAIT or N91?

In the previous week, Ninety One Group had 1 more articles in the media than North American Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ninety One Group and 0 mentions for North American Income Trust. Ninety One Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat North American Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ninety One Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is NAIT or N91 a better dividend stock?

North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. North American Income Trust pays out 17.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% 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.

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%

Do analysts rate NAIT or N91?

Ninety One Group has a consensus target price of GBX 190, indicating a potential downside of 2.46%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

Ninety One Group beats North American Income Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.