TON vs. NTBR, HSM, LIFS, CSSG, LPA, WSG, DSW, NWT, RTC, and NEXS
Should you be buying Titon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Titon include Northern Bear (NTBR), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), LifeSafe (LIFS), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), LPA Group (LPA), Westminster Group (WSG), DSW Capital (DSW), Newmark Security (NWT), RTC Group (RTC), and Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) and Titon (LON:TON) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Northern Bear's net margin of -3.07%. Titon's return on equity of 7.60% beat Northern Bear's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Northern Bear had 1 more articles in the media than Titon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Northern Bear and 1 mentions for Titon. Titon's average media sentiment score of -0.03 beat Northern Bear's score of -1.29 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Northern Bear has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titon has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Northern Bear beats Titon on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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