LifeSafe (LIFS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LIFS or HSM?

Samuel Heath & Sons received 87 more outperform votes than LifeSafe when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeSafe	N/A	N/A
Samuel Heath & Sons	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LIFS or HSM?

25.8% of LifeSafe shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of LifeSafe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 91.9% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LIFS or HSM more profitable?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.72% compared to LifeSafe's net margin of -34.23%. Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity of 7.57% beat LifeSafe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeSafe	-34.23%	N/A	N/A
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.72%	7.57%	3.61%

Do analysts recommend LIFS or HSM?

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

Does the media favor LIFS or HSM?

In the previous week, LifeSafe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Samuel Heath & Sons'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LifeSafe	Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LIFS or HSM?

Samuel Heath & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than LifeSafe. LifeSafe 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
LifeSafe	£5.64M	0.62	-£1.93M	-£0.09	-138.89
Samuel Heath & Sons	£14.94M	0.47	£1.31M	£0.34	808.82

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons beats LifeSafe on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.