NTN vs. ATS, AADV, REC, BRLA, NTV, ROOF, IVPU, AAEV, AATG, and NVT
Should you be buying Northern 3 VCT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern 3 VCT include Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Albion Development VCT (AADV), Record (REC), BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (BRLA), Northern 2 VCT (NTV), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), Invesco Select UK Equity (IVPU), Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV), Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG), and Northern Venture Trust (NVT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Northern 3 VCT (LON:NTN) and Artemis Alpha Trust (LON:ATS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Artemis Alpha Trust received 5 more outperform votes than Northern 3 VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Northern 3 VCT an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Artemis Alpha Trust an outperform vote.
Northern 3 VCT has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artemis Alpha Trust has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Northern 3 VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Artemis Alpha Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
27.9% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northern 3 VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.7% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Artemis Alpha Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Northern 3 VCT. Artemis Alpha 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 5.9%. Artemis Alpha Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Northern 3 VCT pays out 25,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artemis Alpha Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Artemis Alpha Trust has a net margin of 71.79% compared to Northern 3 VCT's net margin of 53.94%. Artemis Alpha Trust's return on equity of 5.68% beat Northern 3 VCT's return on equity.
Summary
Artemis Alpha Trust beats Northern 3 VCT on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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