Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer HSM or NTBR?

In the previous week, Northern Bear had 1 more articles in the media than Samuel Heath & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Northern Bear and 0 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Samuel Heath & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral
Northern Bear	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HSM or NTBR?

Samuel Heath & Sons has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Northern Bear. Samuel Heath & Sons 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
Samuel Heath & Sons	£15.24M	0.00	£1.31M	£0.30	N/A
Northern Bear	£55.17M	0.16	£1.30M	£9.49	6.96

Is HSM or NTBR more profitable?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Northern Bear's net margin of 2.36%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.46% beat Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.04%	6.57%	3.54%
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, HSM or NTBR?

Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSM or NTBR?

Samuel Heath & Sons received 26 more outperform votes than Northern Bear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Samuel Heath & Sons an outperform vote while only 64.89% of users gave Northern Bear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Samuel Heath & Sons	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%

Is HSM or NTBR a better dividend stock?

Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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. Northern Bear pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Bear is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Northern Bear beats Samuel Heath & Sons on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.