Northern Trust (NTRSO) Competitors

Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRSO) and Atlanticus (NASDAQ:ATLCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Does the media favor NTRSO or ATLCP?

In the previous week, Northern Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Atlanticus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Northern Trust and 1 mentions for Atlanticus. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Atlanticus' score of 0.98 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Atlanticus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NTRSO or ATLCP a better dividend stock?

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Atlanticus pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.

Is NTRSO or ATLCP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTRSO or ATLCP?

Northern Trust and Atlanticus both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Trust	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, NTRSO or ATLCP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Trust	$8.58B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlanticus	$316.89M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Northern Trust beats Atlanticus on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.