Titon (TON) Competitors

Titon (LON:TON) and Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TON or HSM?

28.3% of Titon shares are held by institutional investors. 63.7% of Titon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.9% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TON or HSM?

In the previous week, Titon had 3 more articles in the media than Samuel Heath & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Titon and 0 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons. Samuel Heath & Sons' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Titon's score of -0.39 indicating that Samuel Heath & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Titon	Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, TON or HSM?

Titon has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TON or HSM?

Titon received 28 more outperform votes than Samuel Heath & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.91% of users gave Samuel Heath & Sons an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Titon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Titon	Outperform Votes 115 61.17%	Underperform Votes 73 38.83%
Samuel Heath & Sons	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TON or HSM?

Samuel Heath & Sons has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Titon. Titon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samuel Heath & Sons, 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	£19.36M	0.39	N/A	-£0.09	-750.00
Samuel Heath & Sons	£15.24M	0.58	£1.31M	£0.30	1,166.67

Do analysts prefer TON or HSM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Titon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Samuel Heath & Sons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is TON or HSM more profitable?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Titon's net margin of -5.06%. Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity of 6.57% beat Titon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titon	-5.06%	-8.27%	-2.67%
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.04%	6.57%	3.54%

Is TON or HSM a better dividend stock?

Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Titon pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Samuel Heath & Sons pays out 4,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons beats Titon on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.