Northern Venture Trust (NVT) Competitors

Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) and Northern Venture Trust (LON:NVT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is MTW or NVT a better dividend stock?

Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Northern Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northern Venture Trust pays out 188.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Northern Venture Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer MTW or NVT?

In the previous week, Northern Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Mattioli Woods' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Venture Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mattioli Woods	Neutral
Northern Venture Trust	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MTW or NVT?

Mattioli Woods has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Venture Trust. Mattioli Woods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Venture Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A
Northern Venture Trust	£5.74M	20.23	£3.16M	£1.59	36.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTW or NVT?

Mattioli Woods received 197 more outperform votes than Northern Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.35% of users gave Northern Venture Trust an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave Mattioli Woods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mattioli Woods	Outperform Votes 230 65.16%	Underperform Votes 123 34.84%
Northern Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 33 67.35%	Underperform Votes 16 32.65%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MTW or NVT?

55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Northern Venture Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.6% of Northern Venture Trust 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.

Is MTW or NVT more profitable?

Northern Venture Trust has a net margin of 55.11% compared to Mattioli Woods' net margin of 8.59%. Mattioli Woods' return on equity of 4.38% beat Northern Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%
Northern Venture Trust	55.11%	2.74%	0.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, MTW or NVT?

Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Venture Trust has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mattioli Woods beats Northern Venture Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.