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Hill & Smith

LSE:HILS GB0004270301
62
  • Value
    4
  • Growth
    37
  • Safety
    Safety
    87
  • Combined
    30
  • Sentiment
    90
  • 360° View
    360° View
    62
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Company Description

Hill & Smith PLC provides sustainable infrastructure products and services. It operates in the Galvanizing Services, Engineered Solutions, and Roads & Security divisions. The company supplies to industrial and infrastructure markets. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $2,061 million, profits of $428 million, and revenue of $1,070 million, with 4,631 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 62 (better than 62% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Hill & Smith are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Hill & Smith. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 90, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 90% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 87 or better than 87% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 4, meaning that the share price of Hill & Smith is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 37. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Value
Weakest Rank Pro Holdings
Country United Kingdom
Industry Steel
Size Medium
Website hsgroup.com
Index
FTSE All Shares
FTSE 250
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Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
4 14 6 21
Growth
37 70 97 4
Safety
Safety
87 60 30 52
Sentiment
90 94 96 82
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62 71 72 19
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
72 86 85 69
Opinions Change
50 61 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 98 100 79
Market Pulse
51 75 81 80
Sentiment
90 94 96 82
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
4 14 6 21
Growth
37 70 97 4
Safety Safety
87 60 30 52
Combined
30 53 37 6
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
20 13 13 30
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
28 40 20 20
Price vs. Book (P/B)
16 6 6 22
Dividend Yield
56 52 34 48
Value
4 14 6 21
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
42 65 64 21
Profit Growth
36 64 71 8
Capital Growth
61 47 71 17
Stock Returns
46 68 95 49
Growth
37 70 97 4
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
64 66 55 49
Refinancing
32 26 24 36
Liquidity
86 67 42 63
Safety Safety
87 60 30 52

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