HERC vs. RAI, TGP, KINO, NEXS, AUK, VANL, SMJ, BILN, GELN, and EMR
Should you be buying Hercules Site Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Site Services include RA International Group (RAI), Tekmar Group (TGP), Kinovo (KINO), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Aukett Swanke Group (AUK), Van Elle (VANL), J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ), Billington (BILN), Gelion (GELN), and Empresaria Group (EMR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RA International Group (LON:RAI) and Hercules Site Services (LON:HERC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Hercules Site Services has higher revenue and earnings than RA International Group. RA International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Site Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RA International Group has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Site Services has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RA International Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Hercules Site Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. RA International Group pays out -1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hercules Site Services pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RA International Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Hercules Site Services had 2 more articles in the media than RA International Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hercules Site Services and 1 mentions for RA International Group. RA International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Hercules Site Services' score of -1.20 indicating that Hercules Site Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hercules Site Services has a net margin of 0.91% compared to Hercules Site Services' net margin of -19.03%. RA International Group's return on equity of 9.94% beat Hercules Site Services' return on equity.
RA International Group received 16 more outperform votes than Hercules Site Services when rated by MarketBeat users.
RA International Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 25, indicating a potential upside of 222.58%. Given Hercules Site Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RA International Group is more favorable than Hercules Site Services.
5.9% of RA International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.3% of RA International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Hercules Site Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hercules Site Services beats RA International Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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