HERC vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, VANL, BILN, GYG, NEXS, TGP, CEPS, and AUK
Should you be buying Hercules Site Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Site Services include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Van Elle (VANL), Billington (BILN), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), Ceps (CEPS), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Hercules Site Services vs. Its Competitors
Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Hercules Site Services. Hercules Site Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Severfield has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of 0.64%. Severfield's return on equity of 7.24% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.
8.2% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.6% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% 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.
Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Hercules Site Services pays out -56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out -79.4% 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. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Severfield had 4 more articles in the media than Hercules Site Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for Hercules Site Services. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Hercules Site Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Severfield beats Hercules Site Services on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HERC) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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