BBY vs. HILS, BAB, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, KIE, SRP, QQ, GFTU, and DATA
Should you be buying Balfour Beatty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Balfour Beatty include Hill & Smith (HILS), Babcock International Group (BAB), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Serco Group (SRP), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Grafton Group (GFTU), and GlobalData (DATA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hill & Smith had 1 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hill & Smith and 1 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.59 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hill & Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 1,903.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Hill & Smith's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
Balfour Beatty received 324 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.39% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote while only 65.42% of users gave Balfour Beatty an outperform vote.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 8.29% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.47%. Hill & Smith's return on equity of 16.79% beat Balfour Beatty's return on equity.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Hill & Smith. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.8% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Balfour Beatty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Balfour Beatty pays out 3,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hill & Smith pays out 5,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Balfour Beatty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Hill & Smith beats Balfour Beatty on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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