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New Star Investment Trust (NSI) Competitors

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GBX 113 +0.50 (+0.44%)
As of 07/4/2025

NSI vs. EAT, HNE, AEMC, FEET, MNL, GSEO, BCI, BPET, OTV2, and PCFC

Should you be buying New Star Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Star Investment Trust include European Assets Trust (EAT), Henderson EuroTrust (HNE), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment (AEMC), Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET), Manchester & London (MNL), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust (BCI), BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), and Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

New Star Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

New Star Investment Trust (LON:NSI) and European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) 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, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

1.3% of New Star Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 76.1% of New Star Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of European Assets Trust shares are owned 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.

New Star Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. New Star Investment Trust pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Assets Trust pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

European Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than New Star Investment Trust. New Star Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Assets 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£16.99M5.07£15.76M£19.275.86
European Assets Trust£35.04M9.54£27.91M£7.7711.97

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, European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

New Star Investment Trust has a net margin of 92.75% compared to European Assets Trust's net margin of 79.65%. New Star Investment Trust's return on equity of 11.02% beat European Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Star Investment Trust92.75% 11.02% 1.81%
European Assets Trust 79.65%7.51%6.15%

In the previous week, European Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than New Star Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for European Assets Trust and 0 mentions for New Star Investment Trust. European Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat New Star Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that European Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
New Star Investment Trust Neutral
European Assets Trust Very Positive

Summary

European Assets Trust beats New Star Investment Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NSI vs. The Competition

MetricNew Star Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£86.12M£1.25B£6.44B£2.96B
Dividend Yield0.24%4.36%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio5.8621.8113.50147.85
Price / Sales5.072,406.101,784.43258,997.79
Price / Cash3.5460.8148.8627.97
Price / Book0.581.213.175.27
Net Income£15.76M£264.68M£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.94%0.37%0.57%1.04%
1 Month Performance3.67%2.71%3.29%5.13%
1 Year Performance-9.60%6.53%15.35%80.73%

New Star Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NSI
New Star Investment Trust
N/AGBX 113
+0.4%
N/A-11.8%£86.12M£16.99M5.86N/A
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 93.20
-0.6%
N/A+7.9%£335.19M£35.04M11.99N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
HNE
Henderson EuroTrust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£332.62M£31.38M1,207.69N/A
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
MNL
Manchester & London
N/AGBX 818
+0.7%
N/A+4.3%£325.76M£125.20M2.72N/ANews Coverage
GSEO
VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities
N/AGBX 73
+0.6%
N/A-2.1%£324.93M£28.19M17.55N/A
BCI
BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£324.01M£29.78M1,208.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
BPET
BMO Private Equity Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£323.86M£147.54M248.86N/A
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 20
-40.3%
N/A-65.2%£318.46M-£147.88M-1.7730News Coverage
Gap Down
PCFC
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£315.13M£70.33M2.09N/A

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This page (LON:NSI) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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