Titon (TON) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	£55.17M	0.24	£1.30M	£9.49	10.30
Titon	£19.37M	0.50	-£980.29K	-£8.71	-9.91

Is NTBR or TON 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
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%
Titon	-5.06%	-7.84%	-2.67%

Which has more volatility & risk, NTBR or TON?

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

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

28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.7% of Northern Bear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NTBR or TON?

In the previous week, Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Titon'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Bear	Neutral
Titon	Neutral

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 4.1%. Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Northern Bear pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titon pays out -11.5% 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.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.