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
Billington (LON:BILN) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
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.
Billington has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Billington pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Billington pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
44.1% of Billington shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.8% of Billington shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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. Billington's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Severfield's score of 0.00 indicating that Billington is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Billington beats Severfield on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BILN) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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