NTN vs. SEIT, POLN, THRG, JPGI, JUP, AAS, AIE, FSG, GHE, and FSFL
Should you be buying Northern 3 VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern 3 VCT include SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Pollen Street Group (POLN), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Foresight Group (FSG), Gresham House (GHE), and Foresight Solar (FSFL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Northern 3 VCT vs. Its Competitors
Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (LON:SEIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Northern 3 VCT received 51 more outperform votes than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust an outperform vote.
65.9% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Northern 3 VCT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust and 0 mentions for Northern 3 VCT. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Northern 3 VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northern 3 VCT has higher revenue and earnings than SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust 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.
Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 441.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust pays out -116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a net margin of 125.95% compared to Northern 3 VCT's net margin of 52.77%. Northern 3 VCT's return on equity of 2.55% beat SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust's return on equity.
Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Northern 3 VCT beats SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NTN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
