NEXS vs. SMJ, BILN, VANL, HERC, GYG, TGP, CEPS, AUK, RAI, and NMCN
Should you be buying Nexus Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexus Infrastructure include J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), Ceps (CEPS), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), RA International Group (RAI), and nmcn (NMCN). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.
Nexus Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
Nexus Infrastructure (LON:NEXS) and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (LON:SMJ) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Nexus Infrastructure's net margin of -16.28%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity of 1.33% beat Nexus Infrastructure's return on equity.
Nexus Infrastructure has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nexus Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Nexus Infrastructure pays out -2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 69.4% 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.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nexus Infrastructure. Nexus Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
53.1% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. 30.9% of Nexus Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 81.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Nexus Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Nexus Infrastructure and 1 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. Nexus Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's score of -0.50 indicating that Nexus Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC beats Nexus Infrastructure on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NEXS) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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