BILN vs. CTO, SFR, SMJ, HERC, VANL, KINO, GYG, NEXS, TGP, and AUK
Should you be buying Billington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Billington include TClarke (CTO), Severfield (SFR), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), 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.
Billington vs.
Billington (LON:BILN) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
44.1% of Billington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. 34.8% of Billington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Billington pays out 24.1% 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. Billington is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Billington has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TClarke. TClarke is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Billington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Billington has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TClarke's net margin of 1.32%. Billington's return on equity of 20.60% beat TClarke's return on equity.
Billington received 31 more outperform votes than TClarke when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.68% of users gave Billington an outperform vote while only 52.50% of users gave TClarke an outperform vote.
Billington has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Billington had 1 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Billington and 0 mentions for TClarke. TClarke's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Billington's score of -0.45 indicating that TClarke is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Billington beats TClarke on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff