LIFS vs. HSM, TON, NTBR, SFE, TPK, FAN, GEN, TYMN, JHD, and COD
Should you be buying LifeSafe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LifeSafe include Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Titon (TON), Northern Bear (NTBR), 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.
LifeSafe vs.
LifeSafe (LON:LIFS) and Samuel Heath & Sons (LON:HSM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
LifeSafe has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% 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.
Samuel Heath & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than LifeSafe. LifeSafe 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.
Samuel Heath & Sons received 87 more outperform votes than LifeSafe when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Samuel Heath & Sons had 1 more articles in the media than LifeSafe. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons and 0 mentions for LifeSafe. LifeSafe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Samuel Heath & Sons' score of -2.00 indicating that LifeSafe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Samuel Heath & Sons has a net margin of 5.04% compared to LifeSafe's net margin of -33.55%. Samuel Heath & Sons' return on equity of 6.57% beat LifeSafe's return on equity.
40.4% of LifeSafe shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of LifeSafe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 93.5% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Samuel Heath & Sons beats LifeSafe on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:LIFS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
