Northern Bear (NTBR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TON or NTBR?

28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.7% of Northern Bear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Is TON or NTBR a better dividend stock?

Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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 refer more to TON or NTBR?

In the previous week, Northern Bear had 2 more articles in the media than Titon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Northern Bear and 1 mentions for Titon. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Titon's score of -1.63 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Titon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Negative
Northern Bear	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TON or NTBR?

Titon has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger 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	0.55	-£980.29K	-£8.71	-10.90
Northern Bear	£55.17M	0.25	£1.30M	£9.49	10.44

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.