HILS vs. MGNS, BBY, KLR, RNWH, KIE, BAB, PAGE, MTO, HAS, and BOY
Should you be buying Hill & Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hill & Smith include Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Babcock International Group (BAB), PageGroup (PAGE), Mitie Group (MTO), Hays (HAS), and Bodycote (BOY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Morgan Sindall Group (LON:MGNS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Morgan Sindall Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 114 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Hill & Smith pays out 5,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Sindall Group pays out 4,560.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Morgan Sindall Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Sindall Group has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Morgan Sindall Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hill & Smith and Hill & Smith both had 1 articles in the media. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Morgan Sindall Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morgan Sindall Group received 35 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.26% of users gave Morgan Sindall Group an outperform vote while only 70.39% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.
Morgan Sindall Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hill & Smith. Morgan Sindall Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hill & Smith currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,903.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.49%. Morgan Sindall Group has a consensus price target of GBX 3,000, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Morgan Sindall Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Morgan Sindall Group is more favorable than Hill & Smith.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 8.29% compared to Morgan Sindall Group's net margin of 2.86%. Morgan Sindall Group's return on equity of 22.12% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.
Summary
Morgan Sindall Group beats Hill & Smith on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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