Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) and North American Income Trust (LON:NAIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WKOF or NAIT?

North American Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. North American Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weiss Korea Opportunity, 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
Weiss Korea Opportunity	£5.20M	20.25	£6.84M	£9.88	15.38
North American Income Trust	£56.18M	7.37	£49.67M	£40.62	8.30

Is WKOF or NAIT more profitable?

Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to North American Income Trust's net margin of 88.41%. North American Income Trust's return on equity of 12.23% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weiss Korea Opportunity	131.62%	5.86%	N/A
North American Income Trust	88.41%	12.23%	-0.86%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WKOF or NAIT?

74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of North American Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of North American Income Trust shares are held by company 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.

Is WKOF or NAIT a better dividend stock?

Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Income Trust pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. North American Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to WKOF or NAIT?

In the previous week, Weiss Korea Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled North American Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Neutral
North American Income Trust	Neutral

Summary

Weiss Korea Opportunity and North American Income Trust tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.