HILS vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, GFRD, COST, PTSG, and SFR
Should you be buying Hill & Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hill & Smith include Babcock International Group (BAB), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), and Severfield (SFR). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Hill & Smith vs. Its Competitors
Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hill & Smith presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500, indicating a potential upside of 46.20%. Babcock International Group has a consensus price target of GBX 823.33, indicating a potential downside of 20.22%. Given Hill & Smith's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Babcock International Group.
Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Hill & Smith pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Babcock International Group pays out 15.1% 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.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 2 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Babcock International Group and 0 mentions for Hill & Smith. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Hill & Smith's score of 0.00 indicating that Babcock International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Babcock International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hill & Smith. Hill & Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Babcock International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Babcock International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Babcock International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Babcock International Group's net margin of 3.77%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 44.68% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.
Babcock International Group received 515 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.11% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 70.41% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.
Summary
Babcock International Group beats Hill & Smith on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HILS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
