Billington (BILN) 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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is BILN or SFR a better dividend stock?

Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. 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. Severfield pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, BILN or SFR?

Billington has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BILN or SFR?

In the previous week, Severfield had 3 more articles in the media than Billington. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for Billington. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Billington's score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Billington	Neutral
Severfield	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BILN or SFR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Billington	Outperform Votes 115 74.68%	Underperform Votes 39 25.32%
Severfield	Outperform Votes 226 76.09%	Underperform Votes 71 23.91%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BILN or SFR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Billington	£130.24M	0.45	£10.26M	£0.78	608.21
Severfield	£463.46M	0.34	£15.90M	£0.05	1,044.00

Is BILN or SFR more profitable?

Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Severfield's net margin of 3.43%. Billington's return on equity of 23.29% beat Severfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Billington	7.88%	23.29%	10.37%
Severfield	3.43%	7.25%	4.69%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BILN or SFR?

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.

Summary

Severfield beats Billington on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.