Titon (TON) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & 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	0.17	£1.30M	£9.49	7.24
Titon	£19.37M	0.42	-£980.29K	-£8.71	-8.26

Which has more risk & volatility, 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 and institutionals have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NTBR or TON?

In the previous week, Titon's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Northern Bear's score of 0.00 indicating that Titon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Bear	Neutral
Titon	Positive

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 5.8%. Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 59.90% 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 59.90%	Underperform Votes 77 40.10%

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.