NTBR vs. TON, HSM, LIFS, SFE, COD, FAN, TPK, GEN, TYMN, and JHD
Should you be buying Northern Bear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Bear include Titon (TON), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), LifeSafe (LIFS), Safestyle UK (SFE), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Volution Group (FAN), Travis Perkins (TPK), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), and James Halstead (JHD). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Northern Bear vs. Its Competitors
Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) and Titon (LON:TON) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
0.9% of Northern Bear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 98.8% of Northern Bear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Titon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titon has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Titon'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Northern Bear beats Titon on 9 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:NTBR) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
