LON:HILS Hill & Smith (HILS) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 2,070 -60.00 (-2.82%) As of 12:37 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock About Hill & Smith Stock (LON:HILS) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Hill & Smith alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 2,062.25▼ 2,13550-Day Range 1,700.51▼ 2,19052-Week Range 1,463.97▼ 2,255Volume170,716 shsAverage Volume285,728 shsMarket Capitalization£1.66 billionP/E Ratio2,204.47Dividend Yield0.02%Price TargetGBX 2,562.50Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company Overview Our purpose is to create sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation. Hill & Smith PLC is an international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets. Through a focus on leading positions in niche markets we aim to consistently deliver strong returns and shareholder value. Supplying to, and located in, global markets the Group serves customers from facilities in Australia, India, Sweden, the UK and the USA, building a presence in international markets, where countries are upgrading or improving their infrastructure as their economies grow. A key feature of the Group’s chosen markets is the influence of heightened levels of regulation and health and safety considerations on development and growth. All of our products are designed to strict specifications and tested according to applicable standards. Read More Hill & Smith Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks23rd Percentile Overall ScoreHILS MarketRank™: Hill & Smith scored higher than 23% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.3 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingHill & Smith has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageHill & Smith has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Hill & Smith's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.0 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Hill & Smith is 2,204.47, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 269.28.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Hill & Smith is 2,204.47, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 304.55.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHill & Smith has a P/B Ratio of 3.63. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HILS. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldHill & Smith pays a meaningful dividend of 2.39%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthHill & Smith does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Hill & Smith is 47.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Read more about Hill & Smith's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HILS. News and Social Media2.6 / 5News Sentiment0.68 News SentimentHill & Smith has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.86 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Hill & Smith this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.MarketBeat Follows1 people have added Hill & Smith to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership0.8 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Hill & Smith insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.97% of the stock of Hill & Smith is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions58.35% of the stock of Hill & Smith is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Hill & Smith's insider trading history. 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HILS Stock News HeadlinesHill & Smith PLC Announces Current Share Capital StructureSeptember 1 at 4:31 AM | tipranks.comHill & Smith Executes Share Buyback, Cancels 12,000 SharesAugust 19, 2025 | tipranks.comGENIUS Act: Cancel Your Money?They said digital dollars were off the table. But with the GENIUS Act now federal law, private corporations—not the government—have been handed control of a new class of programmable money. It’s not called a CBDC, but it acts just like one. Your spending could be tracked, limited, or even frozen—whether you opt in or not. Once this system becomes the default, escape won’t be easy.September 2 at 2:00 AM | Priority Gold (Ad)Hill & Smith PLC Launches £100 Million Share Buyback ProgramAugust 13, 2025 | tipranks.comInvestors in Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) have seen decent returns of 86% over the past five yearsJuly 28, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comHill & Smith PLC (HILS) Stock Price Today - WSJJuly 15, 2025 | wsj.comIs Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) Trading At A 20% Discount?June 23, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comHill & Smith Director Joins Chemring Group BoardJune 3, 2025 | tipranks.comSee More Headlines HILS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have HILS shares performed this year? Hill & Smith's stock was trading at GBX 1,868 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, HILS stock has increased by 10.8% and is now trading at GBX 2,070. How were Hill & Smith's earnings last quarter? Hill & Smith PLC (LON:HILS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 13th. The company reported $63.90 EPS for the quarter. Hill & Smith had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.39% and a net margin of 9.23%. Read the conference call transcript. How do I buy shares of Hill & Smith? Shares of HILS stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What other stocks do shareholders of Hill & Smith own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Hill & Smith investors own include B&M European Value Retail (BME), Coats Group (COA), 4D pharma (DDDD), genedrive (GDR), Greencore Group (GNC), Halma (HLMA) and IQE (IQE). Company Calendar Record date for 7/4 Dividend5/29/2025Ex-Dividend for 7/4 Dividend5/29/2025Dividend Payable7/04/2025Last Earnings8/13/2025Today9/02/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorIndustrials Industry Engineering & Construction Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:HILS CIKN/A Webwww.hsholdings.com Phone+44-121-7047430FaxN/AEmployees4,336Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for Hill & SmithGBX 2,562.50 High Price TargetGBX 2,625 Low Price TargetGBX 2,500 Potential Upside/Downside+22.6%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.67 Research Coverage3 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX 0.94 Trailing P/E Ratio2,225.77 Forward P/E Ratio16.19 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income£77.07 million Net Margins9.23% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity17.39% Return on Assets10.01% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio34.30 Current Ratio2.20 Quick Ratio0.92 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£864 million Price / Sales1.94 Cash FlowGBX 40.74 per share Price / Cash Flow51.30 Book ValueGBX 570.77 per share Price / Book3.66Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares80,313,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£1.68 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.31 Options Trading Made Easy - Download NowLearn the basics of options trading and how to use them to boost returns and manage risk with this free report from MarketBeat. 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