NTN vs. NAS, OAP3, PINT, ATR, ESCT, JII, JPGI, AIE, UEM, and GHE
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), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), and Gresham House (GHE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Northern 3 VCT vs. Its Competitors
North Atlantic Smaller Cos (LON:NAS) and Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, North Atlantic Smaller Cos' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Northern 3 VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that North Atlantic Smaller Cos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.
11.6% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by institutional investors. 33.1% of North Atlantic Smaller Cos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
North Atlantic Smaller Cos has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
North Atlantic Smaller Cos beats Northern 3 VCT on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:NTN) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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