Billington (BILN) Competitors

Billington (LON:BILN) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Is BILN or SFR more profitable?

Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Severfield's net margin of 3.43%. Billington's return on equity of 20.60% beat Severfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Billington	7.88%	20.60%	10.37%
Severfield	3.43%	7.24%	4.69%

Does the media favor BILN or SFR?

In the previous week, Billington and Billington both had 1 articles in the media. Billington's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Severfield's score of 0.00 indicating that Billington is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Billington	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Severfield	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BILN or SFR?

Billington has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BILN or SFR?

Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Billington. Severfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Billington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Billington	£113.06M	0.39	£10.46M	£0.62	561.39
Severfield	£450.91M	0.22	£15.24M	-£0.05	-704.94

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BILN or SFR?

1.6% of Billington shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Billington shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Severfield shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BILN or SFR a better dividend stock?

Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Billington pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out -79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Billington beats Severfield on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.