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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff