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J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ) Competitors

GBX 123.50 -1.50 (-1.20%)
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SMJ vs. SFR, CTO, BILN, HERC, VANL, KINO, GYG, NEXS, TGP, and AUK

Should you be buying J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC vs.

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

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its share price is 83% 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.

1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield shares are held by company 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.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 received 156 more outperform votes than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Severfield an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCOutperform Votes
70
67.31%
Underperform Votes
34
32.69%
SeverfieldOutperform Votes
226
76.09%
Underperform Votes
71
23.91%

In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severfield'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC Neutral
Severfield Neutral

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Severfield's net margin of 3.43%. Severfield's return on equity of 7.24% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC7.60% 1.33% 0.82%
Severfield 3.43%7.24%4.69%

Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. Severfield 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC£21.24M2.22£1.61M£4.3328.55
Severfield£444.13M0.32£15.24M£5.259.22

Summary

Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMJ vs. The Competition

MetricJ. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£47.18M£2.24B£5.07B£2.63B
Dividend Yield2.58%3.20%3.94%5.01%
P/E Ratio28.5527.1721.37158.92
Price / Sales2.2234.63176.82300,968.03
Price / Cash2.0914.1530.1827.93
Price / Book0.392.473.795.05
Net Income£1.61M£79.56M£1.09B£5.71B
7 Day Performance-1.20%-0.26%-0.55%-1.09%
1 Month Performance-1.20%1.22%2.02%-1.74%
1 Year Performance-6.79%66.65%25.05%36.76%

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 123.50
-1.2%
N/A-6.8%£47.18M£21.24M28.55152
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 51
+2.0%
N/A-6.4%£148.93M£444.13M9.721,900Dividend Cut
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 495
+1.0%
N/A+16.6%£62.27M£132.72M5.96463News Coverage
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 55
flat
N/A+53.6%£44.93M£124.25M57.71560High Trading Volume
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 38
flat
N/A+0.0%£41.04M£141.18M9.60670
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 60
-1.6%
GBX 95
+58.3%
+24.7%£36.30M£64.75M-59.05203High Trading Volume
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 149
+11.6%
N/A+61.2%£13.41M£63.25M-1.30406
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 6.80
flat
N/A-41.2%£8.95M£18.08M-1.99172Positive News
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AGBX 1.60
flat
N/A+37.7%£5.76M£23.61M-6.6732,200News Coverage
Gap Down

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