Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GFRD or HILS?

Hill & Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Galliford Try. Galliford Try is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, 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
Galliford Try	£1.77B	0.22	£36.20M	£0.35	1,111.43
Hill & Smith	£831.70M	1.84	£76.80M	£0.94	2,029.79

Is GFRD or HILS a better dividend stock?

Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Galliford Try pays out 4,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hill & Smith pays out 4,787.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Galliford Try is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend GFRD or HILS?

Hill & Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 2,350, suggesting a potential upside of 23.17%. Given Hill & Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Galliford Try	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hill & Smith	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, GFRD or HILS?

Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GFRD or HILS?

Hill & Smith received 14 more outperform votes than Galliford Try when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.33% of users gave Galliford Try an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Galliford Try	Outperform Votes 311 71.33%	Underperform Votes 125 28.67%
Hill & Smith	Outperform Votes 325 70.50%	Underperform Votes 136 29.50%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GFRD or HILS?

65.1% of Galliford Try shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Galliford Try shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GFRD or HILS more profitable?

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 30.04% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Galliford Try	2.04%	30.04%	2.22%
Hill & Smith	9.23%	17.73%	10.01%

Does the media favor GFRD or HILS?

In the previous week, Galliford Try had 3 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galliford Try and 0 mentions for Hill & Smith. Galliford Try's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Hill & Smith's score of -0.91 indicating that Galliford Try is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Galliford Try	Positive
Hill & Smith	Negative

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Galliford Try on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.