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

GBX 122.85 +2.85 (+2.38%)
(As of 12/24/2024 07:20 AM ET)

SMJ vs. SFR, CTO, BILN, KINO, VANL, HERC, GYG, RAI, NEXS, and TGP

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), Kinovo (KINO), Van Elle (VANL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), RA International Group (RAI), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), and Tekmar Group (TGP). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

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

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

Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Severfield pays out 8,000.0% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severfield£463.46M0.34£15.90M£0.051,044.00
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC£15.97M3.02£1.78MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Severfield had 2 more articles in the media than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

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

Severfield has a net margin of 3.43% compared to J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's net margin of 0.74%. Severfield's return on equity of 7.25% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severfield3.43% 7.25% 4.69%
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC 0.74%0.10%0.82%

Summary

Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 12 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£48.24M£2.10B£4.70B£1.95B
Dividend Yield2.53%3.29%3.95%5.17%
P/E Ratio3,100.00376.69371.681,929.76
Price / Sales3.0236.73457.60460,965.61
Price / Cash2.0913.7929.9829.23
Price / Book0.392.443.412.33
Net Income£1.78M£75.80M£196.94M£183.67M
7 Day Performance2.38%0.02%0.73%0.65%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.54%0.95%28.23%
1 Year PerformanceN/A67.48%28.88%153.97%

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 122.85
+2.4%
N/AN/A£48.24M£15.97M3,100.00152Gap Up
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 52
-0.4%
N/A-17.1%£156.22M£463.46M1,040.001,900
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 506.99
+6.9%
N/A+12.9%£62.21M£130.24M649.99463
KINO
Kinovo
2.2108 of 5 stars
GBX 68
+4.6%
GBX 95
+39.7%
+12.3%£43.06M£64.14M850.00203Gap Up
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 37
+1.4%
N/A0.0%£39.49M£139.48M925.00670High Trading Volume
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 40.40
+0.7%
N/A+63.7%£32.17M£96.46M4,040.00560
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
RAI
RA International Group
N/AGBX 6.75
flat
N/A-36.6%£11.72M£58.38M-675.001,368Gap Down
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 122.80
-1.8%
N/A+35.8%£11.09M£63.51M-240.78406
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 6.50
-4.4%
N/A-36.1%£8.92M£40.21M-72.22172Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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