BILN vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, HERC, VANL, KINO, GYG, NEXS, TGP, and AUK
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), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Billington vs.
Billington (LON:BILN) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Billington's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severfield'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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 received 111 more outperform votes than Billington when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Severfield an outperform vote while only 74.68% of users gave Billington an outperform vote.
Billington has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Severfield beats Billington on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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