COST vs. SFR, GFRD, CTO, BILN, SMJ, KIE, RNWH, KLR, BRCK, and KEYS
Should you be buying Costain Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costain Group include Severfield (SFR), Galliford Try (GFRD), TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Keller Group (KLR), Brickability Group (BRCK), and Keystone Law Group (KEYS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Severfield (LON:SFR) and Costain Group (LON:COST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Severfield has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Severfield's net margin of 1.66%. Severfield's return on equity of 10.27% beat Costain Group's return on equity.
Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Costain Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Severfield pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Costain Group pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
69.5% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Costain Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Severfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Costain Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Costain Group had 2 more articles in the media than Severfield. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Costain Group and 0 mentions for Severfield. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Costain Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Costain Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Costain Group has higher revenue and earnings than Severfield. Severfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costain Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Severfield has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costain Group has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Costain Group received 237 more outperform votes than Severfield when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.18% of users gave Costain Group an outperform vote while only 76.09% of users gave Severfield an outperform vote.
Summary
Costain Group beats Severfield on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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