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

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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SMJ or SFR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	£21.24M	2.16	£1.61M	£4.33	27.74
Severfield	£444.13M	0.20	£15.24M	£5.25	5.78

Which has more risk and volatility, SMJ or SFR?

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.

Does the media prefer SMJ or SFR?

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

Is SMJ or SFR a better dividend stock?

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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SMJ or SFR?

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.

Is SMJ or SFR more profitable?

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) PLC	7.60%	1.33%	0.82%
Severfield	3.43%	7.24%	4.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SMJ or SFR?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC	Outperform Votes 70 67.31%	Underperform Votes 34 32.69%
Severfield	Outperform 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.