NTN vs. FSFL, POLN, THRG, PINT, JPGI, AIE, UEM, OAP3, TPOU, and GHE
Should you be buying Northern 3 VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern 3 VCT include Foresight Solar (FSFL), Pollen Street Group (POLN), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Third Point Investors (TPOU), and Gresham House (GHE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Northern 3 VCT vs. Its Competitors
Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Northern 3 VCT has a net margin of 52.77% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Northern 3 VCT's return on equity of 2.55% beat Foresight Solar'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, Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Northern 3 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. 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. Foresight Solar pays out 720.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Foresight Solar has higher revenue and earnings than Northern 3 VCT. Northern 3 VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.0% of Foresight Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Northern 3 VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Northern 3 VCT had 1 more articles in the media than Foresight Solar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northern 3 VCT and 1 mentions for Foresight Solar. Foresight Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Northern 3 VCT's score of 0.19 indicating that Foresight Solar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Foresight Solar beats Northern 3 VCT on 9 of the 17 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 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
