SMJ vs. CTO, SFR, 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 TClarke (CTO), Severfield (SFR), 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 TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a net margin of 7.60% compared to TClarke's net margin of 1.32%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.
In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC had 2 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC and 0 mentions for TClarke. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat TClarke's score of 0.00 indicating that J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TClarke has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. TClarke 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.
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.
Summary
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC and TClarke tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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