NAS vs. OIG, FTV, JMF, SSIT, CLIG, JZCP, CVCG, BVT, AEI, and ASEI
Should you be buying North Atlantic Smaller Cos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North Atlantic Smaller Cos include Oryx International Growth Fund (OIG), Foresight VCT (FTV), JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (JMF), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), CVC Income & Growth GBP (CVCG), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), and Aberdeen Standard Equity Inc Trust (ASEI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos vs. Its Competitors
North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) and Oryx International Growth Fund (LON:OIG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to Oryx International Growth Fund's net margin of 86.86%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat Oryx International Growth Fund's return on equity.
29.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Oryx International Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.4% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Oryx International Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oryx International Growth Fund has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Oryx International Growth Fund. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oryx International Growth Fund, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oryx International Growth Fund had 1 more articles in the media than North Atlantic Smaller Cos. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oryx International Growth Fund and 0 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos. Oryx International Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat North Atlantic Smaller Cos' score of 0.00 indicating that Oryx International Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Oryx International Growth Fund beats North Atlantic Smaller Cos on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NAS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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