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

GBX 125 0.00 (0.00%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

SMJ vs. CTO, BILN, VANL, KINO, HERC, GYG, RAI, 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 TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Kinovo (KINO), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), RA International Group (RAI), 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 TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC had 3 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC and 0 mentions for TClarke. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat TClarke's score of 0.00 indicating that J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC Very Positive
TClarke Neutral

TClarke received 14 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 52.50% of users gave TClarke an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCOutperform Votes
70
67.31%
Underperform Votes
34
32.69%
TClarkeOutperform Votes
84
52.50%
Underperform Votes
76
47.50%

TClarke has a net margin of 1.32% compared to J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's net margin of 0.74%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC0.74% 0.10% 0.82%
TClarke 1.32%14.11%2.74%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC£15.97M3.07£1.78MN/AN/A
TClarke£491M0.17£6.50M£0.141,135.71

1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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.

Summary

TClarke beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 9 of the 16 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£49.09M£1.88B£4.32B£1.75B
Dividend Yield2.53%3.56%4.32%7.24%
P/E Ratio3,100.00357.73507.771,728.09
Price / Sales3.0741.67457.79274,463.54
Price / Cash2.0912.8529.5323.41
Price / Book0.402.433.392.99
Net Income£1.78M£73.20M£192.23M£180.56M
7 Day Performance-1.57%0.89%-0.07%-0.03%
1 Month Performance2.46%1.22%-0.30%-0.44%
1 Year Performance0.81%73.34%29.38%27.19%

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 125
flat
N/A+2.0%£49.09M£15.97M3,100.00152Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
CTO
TClarke
N/AGBX 159
flat
N/A+26.7%£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 427.55
-0.6%
N/A+12.0%£52.46M£130.24M548.91463
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 39.40
-0.3%
N/A+0.0%£42.06M£139.48M987.00670
KINO
Kinovo
1.5815 of 5 stars
GBX 58
+0.9%
GBX 95
+63.8%
+20.0%£36.73M£64.14M718.75203Gap Up
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 44
+1.1%
N/A+72.5%£35.03M£96.46M4,399.80560
GYG
GYG
N/AGBX 30
+20.0%
N/A+0.0%£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
RAI
RA International Group
N/AGBX 7.13
+1.8%
N/A-26.9%£12.37M£58.38M-660.001,368Gap Up
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 132.50
flat
N/A+64.4%£11.97M£63.51M-259.80406
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 7.14
+0.2%
N/A-36.0%£9.80M£40.21M-79.44172
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AGBX 1.55
flat
N/A+33.7%£5.29M£19.11M-155.0032,200

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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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