SMJ vs. SFR, CTO, VANL, BILN, HERC, GYG, NEXS, TGP, CEPS, 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), Van Elle (VANL), Billington (BILN), Hercules Site Services (HERC), GYG (GYG), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Tekmar Group (TGP), Ceps (CEPS), and Aukett Swanke Group (AUK). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Severfield had 2 more articles in the media than J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Severfield and 0 mentions for J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. Severfield's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC's score of 0.00 indicating that Severfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Severfield pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC pays out 80.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Severfield pays out -79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severfield is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
0.9% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Severfield shares are held by institutional investors. 71.2% of J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Severfield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severfield has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Summary
Severfield beats J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC on 10 of the 15 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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This page (LON:SMJ) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
