NTN vs. NAS, IPO, PINT, ESCT, OAP3, JPGI, AIE, PCGH, JCH, and JII
Should you be buying Northern 3 VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern 3 VCT include North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), IP Group (IPO), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Polar Capital Glb Healthcare (PCGH), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), and JPMorgan Indian (JII). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Northern 3 VCT vs. Its Competitors
Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a net margin of 91.37% compared to Northern 3 VCT's net margin of 52.77%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' return on equity of 12.49% beat Northern 3 VCT's return on equity.
Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
11.6% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.1% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has higher revenue and earnings than Northern 3 VCT. North Atlantic Smaller Cos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern 3 VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos had 2 more articles in the media than Northern 3 VCT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for North Atlantic Smaller Cos and 0 mentions for Northern 3 VCT. North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Northern 3 VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 87.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays out -2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Northern 3 VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:NTN) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
