Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NTBR or HSM?

0.9% of Northern Bear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by institutional investors. 98.8% of Northern Bear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NTBR or HSM?

Samuel Heath & Sons has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northern Bear. Samuel Heath & Sons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Bear, 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
Northern Bear	£78.11M	0.16	£1.30M	£0.17	548.20
Samuel Heath & Sons	£14.77M	0.00	£1.31M	£0.35	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, NTBR or HSM?

Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NTBR or HSM more profitable?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Northern Bear's net margin of 2.36%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.46% beat Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.04%	6.57%	3.54%

Does the media refer more to NTBR or HSM?

In the previous week, Samuel Heath & Sons had 1 more articles in the media than Northern Bear. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons and 0 mentions for Northern Bear. Samuel Heath & Sons' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Northern Bear's score of 0.00 indicating that Samuel Heath & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Bear	Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons	Positive

Is NTBR or HSM a better dividend stock?

Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share. Northern Bear pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Samuel Heath & Sons pays out 37.3% 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. Northern Bear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Samuel Heath & Sons on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.