BILN vs. SFR, CTO, KINO, VANL, SMJ, HERC, NEXS, GYG, TGP, and AUK
Should you be buying Billington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Billington include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Kinovo (KINO), Van Elle (VANL), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Billington vs. Its Competitors
Severfield (LON:SFR) and Billington (LON:BILN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Billington had 1 more articles in the media than Severfield. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Billington and 0 mentions for Severfield. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Billington'saverage media sentiment score.
66.9% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Billington shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Severfield shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Billington shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Severfield has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Billington has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Billington. Billington is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Billington pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
Summary
Billington beats Severfield on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
