BILN vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, VANL, HERC, NEXS, GYG, TGP, AUK, and CEPS
Should you be buying Billington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Billington include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Van Elle (VANL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Ceps (CEPS). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Billington vs. Its Competitors
Billington (LON:BILN) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Severfield had 2 more articles in the media than Billington. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Severfield and 1 mentions for Billington. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Billington's score of -0.68 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Billington pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Billington. Billington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.1% of Billington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of Billington shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Billington has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Severfield's net margin of 3.43%. Billington's return on equity of 20.60% beat Severfield's return on equity.
Summary
Severfield beats Billington on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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