Titon (TON) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TON or HSM?

28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 93.5% of Samuel Heath & Sons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TON or HSM a better dividend stock?

Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Samuel Heath & Sons pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Titon pays out -1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Is TON or HSM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titon	-5.06%	-8.27%	-2.67%
Samuel Heath & Sons	5.04%	6.57%	3.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TON or HSM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Titon	Outperform Votes 115 60.85%	Underperform Votes 74 39.15%
Samuel Heath & Sons	Outperform Votes 87 65.91%	Underperform Votes 45 34.09%

Which has more risk and volatility, TON or HSM?

Titon has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samuel Heath & Sons has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TON or HSM?

In the previous week, Titon had 2 more articles in the media than Samuel Heath & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Titon and 0 mentions for Samuel Heath & Sons. Titon's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Samuel Heath & Sons' score of 0.00 indicating that Titon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Titon	Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TON or HSM?

Samuel Heath & Sons has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Titon	£19.36M	0.46	N/A	-£0.09	-888.89
Samuel Heath & Sons	£15.24M	0.68	£1.31M	£0.30	1,366.67

Summary

Samuel Heath & Sons beats Titon on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.