HERC vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, BILN, VANL, GYG, NEXS, TGP, AUK, and CEPS
Should you be buying Hercules Site Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Site Services include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Ceps (CEPS). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Hercules Site Services vs. Its Competitors
Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. 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. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Severfield has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of 0.64%. Severfield's return on equity of 7.24% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.
14.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 67.2% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield 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.
In the previous week, Severfield had 1 more articles in the media than Hercules Site Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for Hercules Site Services. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Hercules Site Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Hercules Site Services. Severfield 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.
Summary
Severfield beats Hercules Site Services on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HERC) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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