HILS vs. BBY, MGNS, KLR, KIE, KINO, 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 Balfour Beatty (BBY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Kinovo (KINO), 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 Balfour Beatty (LON:BBY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Balfour Beatty has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Balfour Beatty pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hill & Smith pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Balfour Beatty pays out 35.4% 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.
Hill & Smith presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,637.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.60%. Balfour Beatty has a consensus target price of GBX 680, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. Given Hill & Smith's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Balfour Beatty.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Balfour Beatty's net margin of 2.85%. Balfour Beatty's return on equity of 19.46% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.
58.4% of Hill & Smith shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hill & Smith shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Balfour Beatty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hill & Smith had 3 more articles in the media than Balfour Beatty. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hill & Smith and 2 mentions for Balfour Beatty. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Balfour Beatty's score of 0.37 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Balfour Beatty has higher revenue and earnings than Hill & Smith. Balfour Beatty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hill & Smith beats Balfour Beatty on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HILS) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
