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Billington (BILN) Competitors

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BILN vs. CTO, SFR, SMJ, HERC, KINO, VANL, NEXS, GYG, TGP, and AUK

Should you be buying Billington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Billington include TClarke (CTO), Severfield (SFR), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Kinovo (KINO), Van Elle (VANL), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Billington vs.

Billington (LON:BILN) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BillingtonOutperform Votes
115
74.68%
Underperform Votes
39
25.32%
TClarkeOutperform Votes
84
52.50%
Underperform Votes
76
47.50%

Billington has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Billington's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TClarke'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Billington Neutral
TClarke Neutral

Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Billington pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Billington has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TClarke. TClarke is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Billington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Billington£132.72M0.45£10.46M£83.125.68
TClarke£491M0.00£6.50M£0.14N/A

44.1% of Billington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of Billington shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TClarke's net margin of 1.32%. Billington's return on equity of 20.60% beat TClarke's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Billington7.88% 20.60% 10.37%
TClarke 1.32%14.11%2.74%

Summary

Billington beats TClarke on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BILN vs. The Competition

MetricBillingtonEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£59.44M£2.09B£6.86B£2.62B
Dividend Yield2.64%3.16%3.55%4.82%
P/E Ratio5.6827.7120.75141.21
Price / Sales0.4532.3175.35284,295.48
Price / Cash5.0913.7926.8328.19
Price / Book1.132.373.694.60
Net Income£10.46M£76.87M£793.45M£5.84B
7 Day Performance-4.51%-0.29%-0.69%1.43%
1 Month Performance2.11%0.56%-1.14%7.42%
1 Year Performance5.00%68.03%17.91%31.20%

Billington Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 452.50
-4.2%
N/A+5.0%£56.92M£132.72M5.44463Gap Down
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 23.02
-3.7%
N/A-59.9%£67.22M£444.13M4.391,900Dividend Cut
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 121
-3.2%
N/AN/A£46.22M£21.24M27.98152Gap Down
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 51
+3.0%
N/A+63.3%£41.67M£124.25M53.51560
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 61.50
+0.8%
GBX 95
+54.5%
+46.3%£37.21M£64.75M-60.52203High Trading Volume
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 32.75
+2.3%
N/A-8.2%£35.37M£141.18M8.27670
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 170.20
-2.7%
N/A+100.6%£15.31M£63.25M-1.48406Gap Down
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 5.53
-3.9%
N/A-40.5%£7.27M£18.08M-1.62172Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AGBX 1.52
-7.2%
N/A+21.2%£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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