HILS vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Hill & Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hill & Smith include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Hill & Smith vs.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% 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.
Babcock International Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 616.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.03%. Hill & Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 2,350, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Babcock International Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Hill & Smith.
77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share. Babcock International Group pays out 1,562.5% 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. Babcock International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 15 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Babcock International Group and 0 mentions for Hill & Smith. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Hill & Smith's score of 0.00 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Babcock International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hill & Smith. Hill & Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Babcock International Group's net margin of 3.77%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 43.29% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.
Babcock International Group received 511 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.00% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 70.65% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Hill & Smith on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HILS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
