LifeSafe (LIFS) Competitors

Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) and LifeSafe (LON:LIFS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, NTBR or LIFS?

Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeSafe has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NTBR or LIFS more profitable?

Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.36% compared to LifeSafe's net margin of -33.55%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.46% beat LifeSafe's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%
LifeSafe	-33.55%	-75.48%	-33.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTBR or LIFS?

Northern Bear received 61 more outperform votes than LifeSafe when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%
LifeSafe	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor NTBR or LIFS?

In the previous week, Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LifeSafe'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northern Bear	Neutral
LifeSafe	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NTBR or LIFS?

Northern Bear has higher revenue and earnings than LifeSafe. LifeSafe 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
Northern Bear	£55.17M	0.17	£1.30M	£9.49	6.98
LifeSafe	£7.04M	0.59	-£2.36M	-£4.94	-1.76

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NTBR or LIFS?

40.4% of LifeSafe shares are held by institutional investors. 47.7% of Northern Bear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of LifeSafe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Northern Bear beats LifeSafe on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.