Titon (TON) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to TON or NTBR?

In the previous week, Titon and Titon both had 1 articles in the media. Northern Bear's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Titon's score of -0.33 indicating that Northern Bear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Titon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Northern Bear	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TON or NTBR?

28.3% of Titon shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Titon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.7% of Northern Bear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TON or NTBR a better dividend stock?

Titon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Northern Bear pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Titon pays out -11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Bear pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility & risk, TON or NTBR?

Titon has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Bear has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TON or NTBR more profitable?

Northern Bear has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Titon's net margin of -5.06%. Northern Bear's return on equity of 7.46% beat Titon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titon	-5.06%	-7.84%	-2.67%
Northern Bear	2.36%	7.46%	3.83%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TON or NTBR?

Titon received 54 more outperform votes than Northern Bear when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Northern Bear an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Titon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Titon	Outperform Votes 115 60.21%	Underperform Votes 76 39.79%
Northern Bear	Outperform Votes 61 64.89%	Underperform Votes 33 35.11%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TON or NTBR?

Northern Bear has higher revenue and earnings than Titon. Titon 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
Titon	£19.37M	0.42	-£980.29K	-£8.71	-8.28
Northern Bear	£55.17M	0.16	£1.30M	£9.49	6.96

Summary

Northern Bear beats Titon on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.