Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS) Competitors

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (LON:SMJ) and Nexus Infrastructure (LON:NEXS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SMJ or NEXS?

1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.9% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SMJ or NEXS more profitable?

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Nexus Infrastructure's net margin of -16.28%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity of 1.33% beat Nexus Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	7.60%	1.33%	0.82%
Nexus Infrastructure	-16.28%	-32.02%	-8.56%

Does the media refer more to SMJ or NEXS?

In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC had 1 more articles in the media than Nexus Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC and 1 mentions for Nexus Infrastructure. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Nexus Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nexus Infrastructure	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SMJ or NEXS?

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexus Infrastructure has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SMJ or NEXS?

Nexus Infrastructure received 18 more outperform votes than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.31% of users gave J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Nexus Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	Outperform Votes 70 67.31%	Underperform Votes 34 32.69%
Nexus Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 88 67.18%	Underperform Votes 43 32.82%

Is SMJ or NEXS a better dividend stock?

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Nexus Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexus Infrastructure pays out -2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SMJ or NEXS?

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nexus Infrastructure. Nexus Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC, 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
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	£21.24M	2.16	£1.61M	£4.33	27.74
Nexus Infrastructure	£63.25M	0.22	-£10.30M	-£114.93	-1.37

Summary

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC beats Nexus Infrastructure on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.