Northern Bear (NTBR) Competitors

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

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 4.6%. 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.

Which has more risk and 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.

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%

Does the media prefer TON or NTBR?

In the previous week, Titon had 3 more articles in the media than Northern Bear. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Titon and 0 mentions for Northern Bear. Titon's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Northern Bear's score of 0.00 indicating that Titon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Titon	Positive
Northern Bear	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	0.22	£1.30M	£9.49	9.18

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TON or NTBR?

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

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.