LifeSafe (LIFS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIFS or NTBR?

Northern Bear received 61 more outperform votes than LifeSafe when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeSafe	N/A	N/A
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%

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

25.8% of LifeSafe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Northern Bear shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.2% of LifeSafe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.3% of Northern Bear shares are owned by company 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.

Is LIFS or NTBR more profitable?

Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.37% compared to LifeSafe's net margin of -34.23%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.60% beat LifeSafe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeSafe	-34.23%	N/A	N/A
Northern Bear	2.37%	7.60%	3.96%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LIFS or NTBR?

Northern Bear has higher revenue and earnings than LifeSafe. LifeSafe 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
LifeSafe	£5.64M	0.49	-£1.93M	-£0.09	-111.11
Northern Bear	£72.66M	0.11	£1.72M	£0.09	672.22

Does the media refer more to LIFS or NTBR?

In the previous week, Northern Bear had 1 more articles in the media than LifeSafe. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northern Bear and 0 mentions for LifeSafe. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat LifeSafe's score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LifeSafe	Neutral
Northern Bear	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LIFS or NTBR?

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
Northern Bear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Northern Bear beats LifeSafe on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.