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Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM) Competitors

HSM vs. NTBR, TON, LIFS, SFE, COD, TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, and JHD

Should you be buying Samuel Heath & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Samuel Heath & Sons include Northern Bear (NTBR), Titon (TON), LifeSafe (LIFS), Safestyle UK (SFE), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Travis Perkins (TPK), Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), and James Halstead (JHD). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.

Samuel Heath & Sons vs.

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

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Samuel Heath & SonsOutperform Votes
87
65.91%
Underperform Votes
45
34.09%
Northern BearOutperform Votes
61
64.89%
Underperform Votes
33
35.11%

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
Samuel Heath & Sons5.04% 6.57% 3.54%
Northern Bear 2.36%7.46%3.83%

Samuel Heath & Sons has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Samuel Heath & Sons£15.24M0.00£1.31M£0.30N/A
Northern Bear£55.17M0.16£1.30M£9.496.81

In the previous week, Samuel Heath & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northern Bear'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Samuel Heath & Sons Neutral
Northern Bear Neutral

Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays out 4,333.3% 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 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Bear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Samuel Heath & Sons on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HSM vs. The Competition

MetricSamuel Heath & SonsBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.50M£3.71B£7.19B£2.56B
Dividend Yield3.15%3.03%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio1,120.0022.0120.94132.50
Price / SalesN/A85.8881.76227,865.49
Price / Cash3.2818.1326.9028.11
Price / BookN/A1.733.754.51
Net Income£1.31M£20.20B£808.20M£5.84B

Samuel Heath & Sons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSM
Samuel Heath & Sons
N/AN/AN/AN/A£8.50M£15.24M1,120.00141Dividend Cut
Gap Up
NTBR
Northern Bear
N/AGBX 63
-2.3%
N/A+11.7%£8.66M£55.17M6.64411Gap Down
TON
Titon
N/AGBX 71.10
+0.1%
N/AN/A£8.00M£19.37M-8.16183Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
LIFS
LifeSafe
N/AGBX 7.11
-5.2%
N/AN/A£3.40M£7.04M-1.4412Earnings Report
Gap Down
SFE
Safestyle UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£444,000.00£150.18M-4.5718,500
COD
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
N/AGBX 94.32
+5.6%
N/A+27.4%£46.46B£4.56T16.37159,145News Coverage
TPK
Travis Perkins
1.8054 of 5 stars
GBX 524.50
-0.5%
GBX 900
+71.6%
-25.7%£1.11B£4.77B-63.5019,172Analyst Forecast
FAN
Volution Group
0.9212 of 5 stars
GBX 546
+3.2%
GBX 700
+28.2%
+30.4%£1.08B£346.77M25.131,909
GEN
Genuit Group
2.0417 of 5 stars
GBX 364.50
+0.7%
GBX 545
+49.5%
-13.2%£904.07M£553.28M38.242,700News Coverage
TYMN
Tyman
N/AN/AGBX 400
+∞
N/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 149
+2.4%
N/A-23.6%£623.26M£275.88M15.01860Positive News

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This page (LON:HSM) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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