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

GBX 120 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/11/2025

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

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), Billington (BILN), Van Elle (VANL), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), GYG (GYG), Tekmar Group (TGP), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), and Ceps (CEPS). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

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

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

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

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 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£444.13M0.23£15.24M£5.256.67

In the previous week, J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severfield'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC Neutral
Severfield Neutral

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 11.4%. 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.

Summary

Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SMJ vs. The Competition

MetricJ. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLCEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£45.84M£2.78B£7.59B£3.00B
Dividend Yield2.58%3.02%4.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio27.7431.2525.12150.83
Price / Sales2.1672.10117.83314,599.97
Price / Cash2.0914.6127.4527.97
Price / Book0.382.954.414.59
Net Income£1.61M£82.90M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.26%0.73%11.51%
1 Month Performance-4.00%20.68%4.84%7.92%
1 Year Performance-4.00%56.81%28.09%32.05%

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-3.3%£45.84M£21.24M27.74152
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 37.80
+5.3%
N/A-56.7%£110.38M£444.13M7.201,900Dividend Cut
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 385
+0.7%
N/A-25.2%£48.43M£132.72M4.63463
VANL
Van Elle
N/AGBX 43.50
-1.1%
N/A+16.3%£46.97M£141.18M10.99670Positive News
HERC
Hercules Site Services
N/AGBX 45.60
-0.9%
N/A+15.9%£37.26M£124.25M47.85560
NEXS
Nexus Infrastructure
N/AGBX 157
-0.3%
N/A+5.1%£14.13M£63.25M-1.37406
GYG
GYG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£13.99M£62.82M-2.42395Gap Down
TGP
Tekmar Group
N/AGBX 5.89
+4.7%
N/A-36.6%£7.75M£18.08M-1.73172Negative News
Gap Down
AUK
Aukett Swanke Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.46M£23.61M-6.3232,200Positive News
Gap Down
CEPS
Ceps
N/AGBX 20.55
-9.9%
N/A+23.1%£4.32M£30.51M685.00265Gap Down
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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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