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New Star Investment Trust (NSI) Competitors

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GBX 111.50 -0.50 (-0.45%)
As of 08/1/2025 03:30 AM Eastern

NSI vs. MNL, CTUK, MTE, EAT, HINT, NBLS, OTV2, HNE, AEMC, and FEET

Should you be buying New Star Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Star Investment Trust include Manchester & London (MNL), CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust (CTUK), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), European Assets Trust (EAT), Henderson International Income (HINT), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L) (NBLS), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC), and Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

New Star Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

New Star Investment Trust (LON:NSI) and Manchester & London (LON:MNL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Manchester & London has higher revenue and earnings than New Star Investment Trust. Manchester & London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Star Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
New Star Investment Trust£16.99M5.00£15.76M£19.275.79
Manchester & London£125.20M2.80£120.05M£300.652.93

In the previous week, Manchester & London had 2 more articles in the media than New Star Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Manchester & London and 2 mentions for New Star Investment Trust. New Star Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Manchester & London's score of 0.43 indicating that New Star Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
New Star Investment Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manchester & London
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

New Star Investment Trust has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester & London has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

1.3% of New Star Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of Manchester & London shares are held by institutional investors. 76.1% of New Star Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Manchester & London shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Manchester & London has a net margin of 95.89% compared to New Star Investment Trust's net margin of 92.75%. Manchester & London's return on equity of 39.92% beat New Star Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Star Investment Trust92.75% 11.02% 1.81%
Manchester & London 95.89%39.92%27.70%

New Star Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Manchester & London pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. New Star Investment Trust pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manchester & London pays out 4.7% 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.

Summary

Manchester & London beats New Star Investment Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NSI vs. The Competition

MetricNew Star Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£84.98M£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield0.24%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.7922.3714.05176.75
Price / Sales5.002,540.331,847.24264,362.45
Price / Cash3.5460.70127.4727.97
Price / Book0.571.452.244.53
Net Income£15.76M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.23%-0.46%6.01%12.58%
1 Month Performance1.13%0.37%1.58%4.67%
1 Year Performance0.90%6.31%19.60%72.88%

New Star Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NSI
New Star Investment Trust
N/AGBX 111.50
-0.4%
N/A+4.4%£84.98M£16.99M5.79N/APositive News
MNL
Manchester & London
N/AGBX 870
+0.7%
N/A+37.1%£346.46M£125.20M2.89N/ANews Coverage
CTUK
CT UK Capital And Income Investment Trust
N/AGBX 342
+0.6%
N/A+0.1%£346.40M£59.57M6.23N/A
MTE
Montanaro European Smaller
N/AGBX 182
flat
N/A+25.0%£346.19M£57.06M6.61N/ANews Coverage
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 96.20
flat
N/A+12.8%£345.98M£35.04M12.38N/A
HINT
Henderson International Income
N/AGBX 174.59
flat
N/AN/A£342.26M£38.86M9.82N/A
NBLS
NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund GBP (NBLS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£337.13MN/A0.00N/A
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 21
-37.3%
N/A-40.6%£334.38M-£147.88M-1.8630Gap Down
HNE
Henderson EuroTrust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£332.62M£31.38M1,207.69N/ANews Coverage
AEMC
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£328.65M£132.92M2.55N/A
FEET
Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£325.97MN/A2,296.30N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:NSI) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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