BWY vs. BKG, TW, BDEV, PSN, VTY, RDW, CRN, MCS, CRST, and GLE
Should you be buying Bellway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bellway include The Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Redrow (RDW), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and MJ Gleeson (GLE). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
The Berkeley Group (LON:BKG) and Bellway (LON:BWY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
The Berkeley Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bellway. The Berkeley Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Berkeley Group has a net margin of 17.92% compared to The Berkeley Group's net margin of 7.63%. Bellway's return on equity of 13.75% beat The Berkeley Group's return on equity.
The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. The Berkeley Group pays out 2,185.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bellway pays out 6,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, The Berkeley Group had 1 more articles in the media than Bellway. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Berkeley Group and 2 mentions for Bellway. The Berkeley Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Bellway's score of 0.37 indicating that Bellway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bellway received 201 more outperform votes than The Berkeley Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Bellway an outperform vote while only 67.95% of users gave The Berkeley Group an outperform vote.
69.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.6% of Bellway shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bellway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bellway has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Berkeley Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,614.86, suggesting a potential downside of 11.93%. Bellway has a consensus price target of GBX 2,715, suggesting a potential upside of 1.38%. Given The Berkeley Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bellway is more favorable than The Berkeley Group.
Summary
The Berkeley Group and Bellway tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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