North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS) Competitors

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

Is NAS or TRIG a better dividend stock?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 69 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays out -461.4% 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. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, NAS or TRIG?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer NAS or TRIG?

The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a consensus price target of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 67.10%. Given The Renewables Infrastructure Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Renewables Infrastructure Group is more favorable than North Atlantic Smaller Cos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
The Renewables Infrastructure Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, NAS or TRIG?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. The Renewables Infrastructure 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	£96.28M	5.20	£87.97M	£665.50	5.69
The Renewables Infrastructure Group	-£79.29M	-24.08	-£37.22M	-£1.52	-51.28

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NAS or TRIG?

29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by institutional investors. 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NAS or TRIG?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos received 16 more outperform votes than The Renewables Infrastructure Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave North Atlantic Smaller Cos an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave The Renewables Infrastructure Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Outperform Votes 93 68.38%	Underperform Votes 43 31.62%
The Renewables Infrastructure Group	Outperform Votes 77 64.71%	Underperform Votes 42 35.29%

Is NAS or TRIG more profitable?

North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to The Renewables Infrastructure Group's net margin of 46.95%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	91.37%	12.49%	0.24%
The Renewables Infrastructure Group	46.95%	-1.21%	-1.63%

Does the media refer more to NAS or TRIG?

In the previous week, The Renewables Infrastructure Group had 1 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Renewables Infrastructure Group and 0 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. The Renewables Infrastructure Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.00 indicating that The Renewables Infrastructure Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
North Atlantic Smaller Cos	Neutral
The Renewables Infrastructure Group	Positive

Summary

North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats The Renewables Infrastructure Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.