HSM vs. TON, NTBR, LIFS, SFE, TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, and COD
Should you be buying Samuel Heath & Sons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Samuel Heath & Sons include Titon (TON), Northern Bear (NTBR), LifeSafe (LIFS), Safestyle UK (SFE), Travis Perkins (TPK), Volution Group (FAN), Genuit Group (GEN), Tyman (TYMN), James Halstead (JHD), and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD). These companies are all part of the "building products & equipment" industry.
Samuel Heath & Sons vs.
Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) and Titon (LON:TON) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
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 60.85% of users gave Titon an outperform vote.
28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.5% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% 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.
Samuel Heath & Sons has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Titon's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Samuel Heath & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that Titon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. Titon pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Summary
Samuel Heath & Sons and Titon tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HSM) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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