Titon (TON) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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 4.2%. 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.

Does the media refer more to TON or HSM?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Titon	Neutral
Samuel Heath & Sons	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, TON or HSM?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	0.44	N/A	-£0.09	-833.33
Samuel Heath & Sons	£15.24M	0.51	£1.31M	£0.30	1,033.33

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%

Summary

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