LifeSafe (LIFS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSM or LIFS?

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

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HSM or LIFS?

25.8% of LifeSafe shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.3% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.0% of LifeSafe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HSM or LIFS?

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

Is HSM or LIFS more profitable?

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

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, HSM or LIFS?

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
Samuel Heath & Sons	£14.94M	0.00	£1.31M	£0.34	N/A
LifeSafe	£5.64M	0.59	-£1.93M	-£0.09	-133.33

Does the media refer more to HSM or LIFS?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral
LifeSafe	Neutral

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons beats LifeSafe on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.