North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS) Competitors

North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) and Martin Currie Global Portfolio (LON:MNP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is NAS or MNP a better dividend stock?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.5%. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Currie Global Portfolio pays out 17.2% 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. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, NAS or MNP?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Currie Global Portfolio has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NAS or MNP?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Currie Global Portfolio, 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 Atlantic Smaller Cos	£96.28M	0.54	£87.97M	£665.50	0.59
Martin Currie Global Portfolio	£16.16M	12.82	£13.85M	£23.20	14.87

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NAS or MNP?

29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by institutional investors. 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Martin Currie Global Portfolio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NAS or MNP more profitable?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to Martin Currie Global Portfolio's net margin of 85.73%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	91.37%	12.49%	0.24%
Martin Currie Global Portfolio	85.73%	6.27%	6.12%

Does the media prefer NAS or MNP?

In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos had 1 more articles in the media than Martin Currie Global Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos and 0 mentions for Martin Currie Global Portfolio. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Martin Currie Global Portfolio's score of 0.00 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Positive
Martin Currie Global Portfolio	Neutral

Summary

North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Martin Currie Global Portfolio on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.