HILS vs. BAB, BBY, MGNS, KLR, RNWH, KIE, GFRD, PTSG, SFR, and COST
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), Renew (RNWH), Kier Group (KIE), Galliford Try (GFRD), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), and Costain Group (COST). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Babcock International Group (LON:BAB) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Babcock International Group had 2 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Babcock International Group and 3 mentions for Hill & Smith. Babcock International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Hill & Smith's score of 0.38 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hill & Smith has a net margin of 8.29% compared to Hill & Smith's net margin of 0.74%. Babcock International Group's return on equity of 16.79% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.
Babcock International Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 570.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.70%. Hill & Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 2,005, indicating a potential downside of 11.48%. Given Hill & Smith's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Babcock International Group is more favorable than Hill & Smith.
75.7% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Babcock International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Babcock International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Babcock International Group pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hill & Smith pays out 5,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Hill & Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Babcock International Group. 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.
Babcock International Group has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Babcock International Group received 512 more outperform votes than Hill & Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.03% of users gave Babcock International Group an outperform vote while only 70.46% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.
Summary
Hill & Smith beats Babcock International Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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