HERC vs. CTO, SFR, BILN, SMJ, KINO, VANL, NEXS, GYG, 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), Severfield (SFR), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), 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.
Hercules Site Services vs.
Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Hercules Site Services had 1 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hercules Site Services and 0 mentions for TClarke. Hercules Site Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled TClarke'saverage media sentiment score.
Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Hercules Site Services pays out 209.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TClarke received 84 more outperform votes than Hercules Site Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
14.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. 67.2% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
TClarke has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of 0.64%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.
Summary
TClarke beats Hercules Site Services on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HERC) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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