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HILS.L

Hill & Smith PLC

Industrials · Engineering & Construction · LSE

$2,765.00

Data: 2026-05-28

✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$2.2B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

27.21

Premium valuation

Forward P/E

18.10

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+1.1%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

9.5%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

17.4%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$2,755.00

-0% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 8 analysts covering this stock

About Hill & Smith PLC

Hill & Smith PLC manufactures and supplies infrastructure products in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, North America, the Middle East, the rest of Asia, and internationally. It operates through US Engineered Solutions, UK & India Engineered Solutions, and Galvanizing Services segments. The US Engineered Solutions segment provides composite and steel solutions for infrastructure construction, such as energy transmission and distribution, data centres, waterfront protection, transportation, and other industrial facilities, engineered support for water, power, and liquid natural gas markets, seismic protection solutions for road work zone safety products, and off-grid solar lighting and power solutions. The UK & India Engineered Solutions segment offers hostile vehicle mitigation and off-grid solar lighting solutions for energy markets. The Galvanizing Services segment offers hot-dip galvanizing and powder coating services, increasing the sustainability and maintenance-free life of steel products, such as structural steelwork, lighting, bridges, and other products for infrastructure and construction end markets. It also offers fiber reinforced polymer composite solutions; electrical transmission and distribution substation structures; temporary and permanent road safety barriers, vehicle restraint systems, security solutions, bridge parapets, and retained earth systems; engineered pipe support and ancillary; lighting columns and traffic safety; vibration and seismic control; and hostile vehicle mitigation perimeter security; solar light towers, message signs, and other construction equipment; perimeter security solutions; galvanized lintels, construction fittings, composite doors, builders' metalwork, and plasterers' accessories; and open steel flooring, and handrailing. It was formerly known as Hill & Smith Holdings PLC and changed its name to Hill & Smith PLC in November 2022. The company was founded in 1824 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

https://www.hsgroup.com

Country: United Kingdom Employees: 4,590 Industry: Engineering & Construction

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% N/A

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% N/A

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% N/A

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

MARKUP

Price trending up with increasing momentum

Sharpe Ratio

0.705

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0202

Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted

Calmar Ratio

0.508

Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk

Annual Return

17.0%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-33.5%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

198

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

1.29

Moves slightly more than the broader market

52W High

$2,790.00

1% below the year high

52W Low

$1,634.00

69% above the year low

Avg Volume

252,569

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

N/A

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

190.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$1.02

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

25.52

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

1.85

Healthy liquidity position

Quick Ratio

1.23

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

40.7%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

16.6%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$107M

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$869M

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$83M

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$3,400.00

Target Median

$2,755.00

Target Low

$2,300.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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