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J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ) Competitors

GBX 120 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 05/22/2025

SMJ vs. SFR, CTO, KINO, BILN, VANL, HERC, NEXS, GYG, TGP, and AUK

Should you be buying J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC include Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), Kinovo (KINO), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC vs.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (LON:SMJ) and Severfield (LON:SFR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Severfield has higher revenue and earnings than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. Severfield 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC£21.24M2.16£1.61M£4.3327.74
Severfield£444.13M0.20£15.24M£5.255.78

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC both had 1 articles in the media. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Severfield's score of 0.89 indicating that J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Severfield
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

1.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Severfield shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Severfield 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.

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Severfield's net margin of 3.43%. Severfield's return on equity of 7.24% beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC7.60% 1.33% 0.82%
Severfield 3.43%7.24%4.69%

Severfield received 156 more outperform votes than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.09% of users gave Severfield an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCOutperform Votes
70
67.31%
Underperform Votes
34
32.69%
SeverfieldOutperform Votes
226
76.09%
Underperform Votes
71
23.91%

Summary

Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SMJ vs. The Competition

MetricJ. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£45.84M£2.60B£7.63B£2.63B
Dividend Yield2.58%3.02%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio27.7428.4923.15131.76
Price / Sales2.1636.2690.00224,661.12
Price / Cash2.0914.6126.9428.03
Price / Book0.382.723.973.79
Net Income£1.61M£82.90M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-4.00%2.62%0.10%0.38%
1 Month Performance2.13%10.46%10.55%21.42%
1 Year Performance-4.00%88.63%26.18%129.81%

J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 120
flat
N/A-4.0%£45.84M£21.24M27.74152
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 30.90
-0.3%
N/A-56.9%£90.23M£444.13M5.891,900Dividend Cut
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 84
-1.2%
GBX 95
+13.1%
+56.4%£50.82M£64.75M-82.66203High Trading Volume
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 383.33
+0.9%
N/A-34.0%£48.22M£132.72M4.61463
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 40
+2.6%
N/A+6.0%£43.20M£141.18M10.11670
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 49.04
-1.9%
N/A+32.9%£40.07M£124.25M51.46560Gap Down
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 170
+7.9%
N/A+64.9%£15.29M£63.25M-1.48406
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 4.80
-2.0%
N/A-49.2%£6.31M£18.08M-1.41172
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Gap Down

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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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