BILN vs. CTO, SMJ, VANL, KINO, HERC, GYG, NEXS, RAI, TGP, and AUK
Should you be buying Billington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Billington include TClarke (CTO), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), RA International Group (RAI), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Billington vs.
TClarke (LON:CTO) and Billington (LON:BILN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TClarke's net margin of 1.32%. Billington's return on equity of 23.29% beat TClarke's return on equity.
15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Billington shares are held by institutional investors. 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Billington shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Billington received 31 more outperform votes than TClarke when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.68% of users gave Billington an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave TClarke an outperform vote.
Billington has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TClarke. Billington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TClarke, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Billington had 1 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Billington and 0 mentions for TClarke. Billington's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat TClarke's score of 0.00 indicating that Billington is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. TClarke pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Billington pays out 2,564.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Billington is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TClarke has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Billington has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Billington beats TClarke on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
