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Hercules Site Services (HERC) Competitors

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GBX 42.98 +0.48 (+1.12%)
As of 07/25/2025 10:52 AM Eastern

HERC vs. SFR, CTO, SMJ, BILN, VANL, NEXS, GYG, TGP, AUK, and CEPS

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), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Ceps (CEPS). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Hercules Site Services vs. Its Competitors

Severfield (LON:SFR) and Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than Hercules Site Services. Severfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Site Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severfield£444.13M0.21£15.24M£5.256.10
Hercules Site Services£124.25M0.28£798.97K£0.9545.10

Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

66.9% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Severfield shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.2% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severfield3.43% 7.24% 4.69%
Hercules Site Services 0.64%6.17%4.33%

Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. Hercules Site Services pays out 209.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Severfield had 7 more articles in the media than Hercules Site Services. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for Hercules Site Services. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Hercules Site Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Severfield Neutral
Hercules Site Services Neutral

Summary

Severfield beats Hercules Site Services on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HERC vs. The Competition

MetricHercules Site ServicesEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£35.11M£2.80B£7.74B£3.02B
Dividend Yield3.27%3.02%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio45.1030.8225.71160.65
Price / Sales0.2872.30101.63278,114.26
Price / Cash3.4414.6127.9827.97
Price / Book2.332.974.464.70
Net Income£798.97K£82.90M£795.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.33%0.18%1.43%0.40%
1 Month Performance-1.88%21.42%5.66%7.09%
1 Year Performance6.86%57.90%32.03%73.21%

Hercules Site Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 42.98
+1.1%
N/A+6.1%£35.11M£124.25M45.10560
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 32.41
-1.8%
N/A-59.7%£94.64M£444.13M6.171,900News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Gap Down
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 120.20
+0.2%
N/A-4.0%£45.91M£21.24M27.79152News Coverage
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 363.90
-0.3%
N/A-23.2%£45.78M£132.72M4.38463
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 39.50
flat
N/A+2.2%£42.66M£141.18M9.98670Positive News
Earnings Report
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 157.50
flat
N/A+15.0%£14.17M£63.25M-1.37406Insider Trade
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 6.15
-1.6%
N/A-37.8%£8.09M£18.08M-1.80172Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down
CEPS
Ceps
N/AGBX 21.06
-6.4%
N/A+12.5%£4.42M£30.51M702.00265

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This page (LON:HERC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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