Northern Bear (NTBR) Competitors GBX 65.25 -0.25 (-0.38%) As of 07:21 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock NTBR vs. HSM, TON, LIFS, SFE, COD, TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, and JHDShould you be buying Northern Bear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Bear include Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), 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. Northern Bear vs. Samuel Heath & Sons Titon LifeSafe Safestyle UK Compagnie de Saint-Gobain Travis Perkins Volution Group Genuit Group Tyman James Halstead Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) and Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment. Does the media favor NTBR or HSM? In the previous week, Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Samuel Heath & Sons'average media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Northern Bear Neutral Samuel Heath & Sons Neutral Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NTBR or HSM? Samuel Heath & Sons has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioNorthern Bear£55.17M0.16£1.30M£9.496.88Samuel Heath & Sons£15.24M0.00£1.31M£0.30N/A Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTBR or HSM? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNorthern BearOutperform Votes6164.89% Underperform Votes3335.11% Samuel Heath & SonsOutperform Votes8765.91% Underperform Votes4534.09% Is NTBR or HSM more profitable? 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 Northern Bear2.36% 7.46% 3.83% Samuel Heath & Sons 5.04%6.57%3.54% Which has more volatility and risk, NTBR or HSM? Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is NTBR or HSM a better dividend stock? Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Northern Bear pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummaryNorthern Bear beats Samuel Heath & Sons on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Northern Bear News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NTBR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address NTBR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNorthern BearBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£8.97M£3.83B£7.31B£2.59BDividend Yield7.27%3.03%3.56%4.97%P/E Ratio6.8822.1621.19133.69Price / Sales0.1686.9184.39239,757.82Price / Cash55.4418.1326.9028.12Price / Book0.551.753.794.55Net Income£1.30M£20.20B£808.20M£5.84B7 Day Performance3.57%3.82%4.81%3.43%1 Month Performance-0.76%-3.37%3.16%10.59%1 Year Performance11.54%1.80%15.90%117.06% Northern Bear Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NTBRNorthern BearN/AGBX 65.25-0.4%N/A+7.6%£8.97M£55.17M6.88411HSMSamuel Heath & SonsN/AN/AN/AN/A£8.50M£15.24M1,120.00141Dividend CutGap UpTONTitonN/AGBX 71flatN/AN/A£7.99M£19.37M-8.15183Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageLIFSLifeSafeN/AGBX 7.11-5.2%N/A-36.3%£3.40M£7.04M-1.4412Earnings ReportGap DownSFESafestyle UKN/AN/AN/AN/A£444,000.00£150.18M-4.5718,500CODCompagnie de Saint-GobainN/AGBX 89.63-0.6%N/A+27.4%£44.15B£4.56T15.56159,145News CoverageGap UpTPKTravis Perkins1.8131 of 5 starsGBX 527-0.1%GBX 900+70.8%-24.8%£1.12B£4.77B-63.8019,172Analyst ForecastFANVolution Group0.9261 of 5 starsGBX 525.10-0.7%GBX 700+33.3%+29.4%£1.04B£346.77M24.171,909GENGenuit Group2.0488 of 5 starsGBX 362+3.0%GBX 545+50.6%-12.7%£897.87M£553.28M37.982,700News CoverageTYMNTymanN/AN/AGBX 400+∞N/A£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476JHDJames HalsteadN/AGBX 145.50-1.4%N/A-23.0%£608.62M£275.88M14.66860News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HSM Competitors TON Competitors LIFS Competitors SFE Competitors COD Competitors TPK Competitors FAN Competitors GEN Competitors TYMN Competitors JHD Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:NTBR) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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