NAS vs. AFHP, IGV, BMD, IFP, CMHY, FTV, JMF, OIG, BVT, and CLDN
Should you be buying North Atlantic Smaller Cos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North Atlantic Smaller Cos include AFH Financial Group (AFHP), Income & Growth VCT (IGV), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), IFG Group (IFP), Invesco Bond Income Plus (CMHY), Foresight VCT (FTV), JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (JMF), Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), and Caledonia Investments (CLDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos vs. Its Competitors
AFH Financial Group (LON:AFHP) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
AFH Financial Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. AFH Financial Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% 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.
29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 40.4% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than AFH Financial Group. AFH Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North Atlantic Smaller Cos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AFH Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled North Atlantic Smaller Cos'average media sentiment score.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to AFH Financial Group's net margin of 0.00%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat AFH Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats AFH Financial Group on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NAS) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
