Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM) Competitors

Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) and Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HSM or NTBR?

0.3% of Northern Bear shares are held by institutional investors. 91.9% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.1% of Northern Bear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HSM or NTBR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samuel Heath & Sons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Northern Bear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSM or NTBR?

Samuel Heath & Sons received 26 more outperform votes than Northern Bear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Samuel Heath & Sons an outperform vote while only 64.89% of users gave Northern Bear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Samuel Heath & Sons	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%

Is HSM or NTBR more profitable?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.72% compared to Northern Bear's net margin of 2.37%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.60% beat Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.72%	7.57%	3.61%
Northern Bear	2.37%	7.60%	3.96%

Is HSM or NTBR a better dividend stock?

Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays out 3,529.4% 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 Bear pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to HSM or NTBR?

In the previous week, Northern Bear had 4 more articles in the media than Samuel Heath & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Northern Bear and 0 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Samuel Heath & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral
Northern Bear	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HSM or NTBR?

Northern Bear has higher revenue and earnings than Samuel Heath & Sons. Northern Bear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samuel Heath & Sons, 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
Samuel Heath & Sons	£14.94M	0.47	£1.31M	£0.34	808.82
Northern Bear	£72.66M	0.11	£1.72M	£0.09	666.53

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons and Northern Bear tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.