Northern Bear (NTBR) Competitors

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

Is TON or NTBR a better dividend stock?

Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Titon pays out -11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Bear pays out 42.2% 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.

Does the media prefer TON or NTBR?

In the previous week, Titon had 1 more articles in the media than Northern Bear. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Titon and 0 mentions for Northern Bear. Titon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northern Bear'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Titon	Neutral
Northern Bear	Neutral

Is TON or NTBR more profitable?

Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Titon's net margin of -5.06%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.46% beat Titon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titon	-5.06%	-7.84%	-2.67%
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TON or NTBR?

Northern Bear has higher revenue and earnings than Titon. Titon 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
Titon	£19.37M	0.50	-£980.29K	-£8.71	-9.87
Northern Bear	£55.17M	0.21	£1.30M	£9.49	8.96

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

28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.7% of Northern Bear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TON or NTBR?

Titon has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% 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.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.