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Hercules Site Services (HERC) Competitors

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GBX 43 -0.50 (-1.15%)
(As of 08:35 AM ET)

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

Should you be buying Hercules Site Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Site Services include TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), 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.

Hercules Site Services vs.

TClarke (LON:CTO) and Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) 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, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

TClarke has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of 0.59%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TClarke1.32% 14.11% 2.74%
Hercules Site Services 0.59%6.71%4.33%

TClarke has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TClarke received 84 more outperform votes than Hercules Site Services when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TClarkeOutperform Votes
84
52.50%
Underperform Votes
76
47.50%
Hercules Site ServicesN/AN/A

TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. Hercules Site Services pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

15.2% of TClarke shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.4% of TClarke shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 67.2% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TClarke£491M0.17£6.50M£0.141,135.71
Hercules Site Services£96.46M0.35N/A£0.014,300.00

In the previous week, TClarke's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hercules Site Services'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
TClarke Neutral
Hercules Site Services Neutral

Summary

TClarke beats Hercules Site Services on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HERC vs. The Competition

MetricHercules Site ServicesEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£34.24M£1.89B£4.06B£1.48B
Dividend Yield3.76%3.79%4.40%11.75%
P/E Ratio4,300.00387.76523.551,622.87
Price / Sales0.3535.44405.10232,521.30
Price / Cash3.4412.6528.4231.75
Price / Book3.312.313.582.68
Net IncomeN/A£69.93M£183.66M£161.21M
7 Day Performance-0.92%0.18%3.48%-0.60%
1 Month Performance-3.37%0.46%-1.35%7.85%
1 Year Performance68.63%72.72%29.37%19.06%

Hercules Site Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 43
-1.1%
N/A+68.6%£34.24M£96.46M4,300.00560
CTO
TClarke
N/AGBX 159
flat
N/A+22.3%£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 428.15
+0.7%
N/A+9.6%£52.53M£130.24M544.87463
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 122.40
-2.1%
N/A-0.1%£48.07M£15.97M3,100.00152Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 39.48
-0.1%
N/A-0.4%£42.14M£139.48M975.63670
KINO
Kinovo
1.5964 of 5 stars
GBX 57.50
-0.9%
GBX 95
+65.2%
+16.9%£36.41M£64.14M701.50203Gap Down
GYG
GYG
N/AGBX 30
+20.0%
N/A+0.0%£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 128
-3.4%
N/A+60.6%£11.56M£63.51M-259.80406
RAI
RA International Group
N/AGBX 6.35
-5.9%
N/A-30.8%£11.02M£58.38M-660.001,368High Trading Volume
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 7.15
+0.4%
N/A-36.2%£9.82M£40.21M-79.44172
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AGBX 1.40
-9.4%
N/A+37.8%£4.79M£19.11M-155.0032,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:HERC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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