HERC vs. CTO, BILN, SMJ, KINO, VANL, GYG, RAI, TGP, NEXS, and AUK
Should you be buying Hercules Site Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Site Services include TClarke (CTO), Billington (BILN), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Kinovo (KINO), Van Elle (VANL), GYG (GYG), RA International Group (RAI), Tekmar Group (TGP), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) and TClarke (LON:CTO) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
TClarke has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of 0.91%. TClarke's return on equity of 14.11% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.
Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. TClarke pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hercules Site Services pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TClarke pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Hercules Site Services had 6 more articles in the media than TClarke. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hercules Site Services and 0 mentions for TClarke. Hercules Site Services' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat TClarke's score of 0.00 indicating that Hercules Site Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TClarke received 84 more outperform votes than Hercules Site Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TClarke has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TClarke has higher revenue and earnings than Hercules Site Services. TClarke 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.
11.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of TClarke shares are held by institutional investors. 78.0% of Hercules Site Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of TClarke 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.
Summary
TClarke beats Hercules Site Services on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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