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Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

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GBX 469.21 +10.71 (+2.34%)
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GFRD vs. HILS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, KINO, COST, PTSG, SFR, CTO, and BILN

Should you be buying Galliford Try stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galliford Try include Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Kinovo (KINO), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), and Billington (BILN). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Galliford Try vs. Its Competitors

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 32.22% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hill & Smith9.23% 17.39% 10.01%
Galliford Try 2.04%32.22%2.22%

Hill & Smith has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Galliford Try. Galliford Try is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hill & Smith£834.58M1.89£77.07M£95.1320.54
Galliford Try£1.69B0.28£34.53M£34.4613.62

Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hill & Smith pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Galliford Try pays out 46.4% 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. Galliford Try is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Hill & Smith and Hill & Smith both had 2 articles in the media. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Galliford Try's score of 0.27 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hill & Smith
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Galliford Try
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hill & Smith presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 27.94%. Galliford Try has a consensus price target of GBX 510, suggesting a potential upside of 8.69%. Given Hill & Smith's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hill & Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Galliford Try
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Galliford Try shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Galliford Try shares are held 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.

Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Galliford Try on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFRD vs. The Competition

MetricGalliford TryEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£465.32M£2.83B£7.64B£3.02B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.02%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio13.6229.8924.55165.88
Price / Sales0.2871.95104.17285,131.44
Price / Cash0.7814.6127.7327.97
Price / Book3.992.994.434.46
Net Income£34.53M£82.90M£797.00M£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.27%1.55%0.93%3.82%
1 Month Performance12.39%22.18%6.28%9.81%
1 Year Performance53.84%58.85%30.24%74.29%

Galliford Try Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFRD
Galliford Try
2.2213 of 5 stars
GBX 469.21
+2.3%
GBX 510
+8.7%
+49.8%£465.32M£1.69B13.623,922
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.8969 of 5 stars
GBX 1,820
-0.2%
GBX 2,500
+37.4%
-8.9%£1.47B£834.58M19.134,336News Coverage
KLR
Keller Group
2.1378 of 5 stars
GBX 1,390.11
+0.6%
GBX 1,705
+22.7%
-2.6%£1.01B£3.01B8.049,500
KIE
Kier Group
1.6896 of 5 stars
GBX 202.52
-1.0%
GBX 210
+3.7%
+31.2%£871.75M£3.92B20.3910,286News Coverage
RNWH
Renew
N/AGBX 813
+0.4%
N/A-22.3%£654.48M£1.10B13.604,361Dividend Increase
Gap Up
KINO
Kinovo
0.2681 of 5 stars
GBX 1,055
-1.9%
GBX 95
-91.0%
+1,417.5%£638.32M£64.75M-1,038.21203News Coverage
COST
Costain Group
0.965 of 5 stars
GBX 146.60
-0.4%
GBX 105
-28.4%
+74.7%£392.67M£1.28B13.093,270High Trading Volume
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 35.90
-7.2%
N/A-60.2%£104.84M£444.13M6.841,900News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 376.25
-1.6%
N/A-26.8%£47.33M£132.72M4.53463

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This page (LON:GFRD) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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