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Hill & Smith (HILS) Competitors

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GBX 2,110 -20.00 (-0.94%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

HILS vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, KLR, KIE, KINO, RNWH, GFRD, COST, and PTSG

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), Kinovo (KINO), Renew (RNWH), Galliford Try (GFRD), Costain Group (COST), and Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Hill & Smith vs. Its Competitors

Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Babcock International Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,153.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.32%. Hill & Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 2,637.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Hill & Smith's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Babcock International Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Babcock International Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hill & Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Babcock International Group and 4 mentions for Hill & Smith. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Babcock International Group's score of 0.46 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Babcock International Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hill & Smith
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Babcock International Group3.77% 44.68% 4.47%
Hill & Smith 9.23%17.39%10.01%

65.8% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Babcock International Group pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hill & Smith pays out 49.3% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Babcock International Group£4.83B1.20£165.10M£0.482,410.42
Hill & Smith£864M1.96£77.07M£0.992,122.74

Summary

Babcock International Group and Hill & Smith tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HILS vs. The Competition

MetricHill & SmithEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.69B£2.89B£7.79B£2.58B
Dividend Yield2.33%3.38%4.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio2,122.74351.80315.135,410.64
Price / Sales1.9674.78217.3596,691.09
Price / Cash51.3014.6128.9127.93
Price / Book3.702.964.607.76
Net Income£77.07M£82.90M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.17%2.53%0.91%6.47%
1 Month Performance-2.76%0.60%0.77%55.91%
1 Year Performance3.43%55.07%26.45%147.81%

Hill & Smith Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.4746 of 5 stars
GBX 2,110
-0.9%
GBX 2,637.50
+25.0%
+3.9%£1.69B£864M2,122.744,336Gap Up
BAB
Babcock International Group
1.1636 of 5 stars
GBX 1,103.01
-0.1%
GBX 1,153.33
+4.6%
+143.1%£5.54B£4.83B2,297.9426,115News Coverage
BBY
Balfour Beatty
1.5807 of 5 stars
GBX 612
-1.1%
GBX 680
+11.1%
+49.9%£3.01B£8.87B1,733.71105,000News Coverage
MGNS
Morgan Sindall Group
2.6666 of 5 stars
GBX 4,055
-2.8%
GBX 4,933.33
+21.7%
+40.4%£1.91B£4.70B1,304.707,700News Coverage
KLR
Keller Group
2.6655 of 5 stars
GBX 1,342
+1.4%
GBX 1,780
+32.6%
-14.6%£941.08M£2.95B704.839,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KIE
Kier Group
2.2578 of 5 stars
GBX 185.60
-0.4%
GBX 225
+21.2%
+35.9%£807.23M£4.02B1,953.6810,286News Coverage
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,235
-2.0%
GBX 95
-92.3%
+1,615.4%£782.51M£63.37M-650,000.00203
RNWH
Renew
1.8448 of 5 stars
GBX 809.38
-0.7%
GBX 1,200
+48.3%
-24.0%£640.68M£1.08B1,416.484,361News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
GFRD
Galliford Try
2.2869 of 5 stars
GBX 413
-2.4%
GBX 510
+23.5%
+42.6%£406.29M£1.88B1,069.953,922
COST
Costain Group
3.0903 of 5 stars
GBX 128.60
-2.1%
GBX 162.50
+26.4%
+26.2%£342.85M£1.14B1,118.263,270Positive News
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850

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This page (LON:HILS) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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