Northern Bear (NTBR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NTBR or TON?

Northern Bear has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titon has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NTBR or TON more profitable?

Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Titon's net margin of -3.07%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.60% beat Titon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Bear	2.37%	7.60%	3.96%
Titon	-3.07%	-6.02%	-1.64%

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

0.3% of Northern Bear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of Titon shares are held by institutional investors. 91.1% of Northern Bear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.9% of Titon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer NTBR or TON?

In the previous week, Northern Bear had 4 more articles in the media than Titon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Northern Bear and 1 mentions for Titon. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Titon's score of -1.49 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Bear	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Titon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has better valuation and earnings, NTBR or TON?

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
Northern Bear	£72.66M	0.11	£1.72M	£0.09	655.56
Titon	£22.33M	0.43	N/A	-£0.06	-1,416.67

Do analysts rate NTBR or TON?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Bear	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Titon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTBR or TON?

Titon received 54 more outperform votes than Northern Bear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Northern Bear an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Titon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%
Titon	Outperform Votes 115 61.83%	Underperform Votes 71 38.17%

Is NTBR or TON a better dividend stock?

Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Northern Bear pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Titon pays out -1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.