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LifeSafe (LIFS) Competitors

GBX 11.75 -0.50 (-4.08%)
(As of 11/14/2024 ET)

LIFS vs. HSM, TON, NTBR, SFE, TPK, FAN, GEN, JHD, TYMN, 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), James Halstead (JHD), Tyman (TYMN), 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LifeSafe-33.55% -88.95% -33.83%
Samuel Heath & Sons 5.04%6.57%3.54%

40.4% of LifeSafe shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of LifeSafe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 93.5% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LifeSafe£4.60M1.22-£1.54M-£0.05-235.00
Samuel Heath & Sons£15.24M0.68£1.31M£0.301,366.67

Samuel Heath & Sons received 87 more outperform votes than LifeSafe when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LifeSafeN/AN/A
Samuel Heath & SonsOutperform Votes
87
65.91%
Underperform Votes
45
34.09%

In the previous week, LifeSafe's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Samuel Heath & Sons'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
LifeSafe Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons Neutral

LifeSafe has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons beats LifeSafe on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LIFS vs. The Competition

MetricLifeSafeBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.63M£409.63M£3.94B£1.32B
Dividend YieldN/A3.11%4.44%11.42%
P/E Ratio-235.00561.78527.201,616.27
Price / Sales1.2292.65467.96226,463.95
Price / CashN/A15.3826.4034.17
Price / Book1.961.723.562.78
Net Income-£1.54M£192.08M£176.86M£146.35M
7 Day Performance-4.08%-0.21%-0.81%-0.50%
1 Month Performance-3.69%-0.43%-0.62%3.30%
1 Year Performance-60.17%20.54%28.25%16.58%

LifeSafe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIFS
LifeSafe
N/AGBX 11.75
-4.1%
N/AN/A£5.63M£4.60M-235.0012
HSM
Samuel Heath & Sons
N/AGBX 410
-1.2%
N/AN/A£10.37M£15.24M1,366.67141Dividend Cut
TON
Titon
N/AGBX 82.95
+3.4%
N/A+28.0%£9.33M£19.36M-921.67183Gap Up
NTBR
Northern Bear
N/AGBX 51.88
-2.1%
N/A-9.5%£7.13M£68.68M576.44411High Trading Volume
SFE
Safestyle UK
N/AGBX 0.32
flat
N/AN/A£444,000.00£150.18M-4.5718,500
TPK
Travis Perkins
2.3599 of 5 stars
GBX 806.50
+2.2%
N/A+8.9%£1.70B£4.75B-10,081.2519,172Insider Buying
Positive News
FAN
Volution Group
N/AGBX 575.39
+1.8%
N/AN/A£1.14B£338.20M2,739.971,909Positive News
Gap Up
GEN
Genuit Group
0.7835 of 5 stars
GBX 443
+2.4%
N/A+53.5%£1.10B£554.10M4,430.002,700Gap Up
High Trading Volume
JHD
James Halstead
N/AGBX 204
+2.0%
N/A+0.5%£850.25M£274.88M2,040.00860Gap Up
TYMN
Tyman
N/AGBX 398
flat
N/A+51.0%£775.94M£657.60M2,094.743,476
COD
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
N/AGBX 89.02
+3.2%
N/A+52.9%£444.71M£46.45B15.64159,145Gap Up

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This page (LON:LIFS) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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