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. Its Competitors
Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) and Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Samuel Heath & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northern Bear'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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.
Samuel Heath & Sons has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northern Bear. 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.
Summary
Northern Bear beats Samuel Heath & Sons on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:HSM) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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