AMTD International (HKIB) Competitors

Northern Lights Acquisition (NASDAQ:NLIT) and AMTD International (NYSE:HKIB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is NLIT or HKIB more profitable?

Northern Lights Acquisition's return on equity of 69.39% beat AMTD International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	69.39%	1.65%
AMTD International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NLIT or HKIB?

AMTD International has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Lights Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Lights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$1.25M	N/A	N/A
AMTD International	$144.26M	1.70	$136.63M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer NLIT or HKIB?

In the previous week, Northern Lights Acquisition had 1 more articles in the media than AMTD International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northern Lights Acquisition and 0 mentions for AMTD International. Northern Lights Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AMTD International's score of -0.54 indicating that Northern Lights Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Lights Acquisition	Neutral
AMTD International	Negative

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NLIT or HKIB?

70.9% of Northern Lights Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of AMTD International shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

Northern Lights Acquisition beats AMTD International on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.