CRST vs. GLE, CRN, MOON, XPS, BOWL, PPH, BOO, AO, ABDP, and ASC
Should you be buying Crest Nicholson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crest Nicholson include MJ Gleeson (GLE), Cairn Homes (CRN), Moonpig Group (MOON), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), boohoo group (BOO), AO World (AO), AB Dynamics (ABDP), and ASOS (ASC). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) and MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Crest Nicholson received 236 more outperform votes than MJ Gleeson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.39% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote while only 68.89% of users gave Crest Nicholson an outperform vote.
Crest Nicholson has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MJ Gleeson has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Crest Nicholson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 222.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.80%. MJ Gleeson has a consensus target price of GBX 518, suggesting a potential downside of 5.30%. Given Crest Nicholson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crest Nicholson is more favorable than MJ Gleeson.
75.5% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Crest Nicholson pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Crest Nicholson pays out 24,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MJ Gleeson pays out 4,482.8% 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, Crest Nicholson and Crest Nicholson both had 1 articles in the media. Crest Nicholson's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat MJ Gleeson's score of 0.00 indicating that Crest Nicholson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crest Nicholson has higher revenue and earnings than MJ Gleeson. MJ Gleeson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crest Nicholson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MJ Gleeson has a net margin of 5.49% compared to Crest Nicholson's net margin of 2.72%. MJ Gleeson's return on equity of 6.00% beat Crest Nicholson's return on equity.
Summary
Crest Nicholson and MJ Gleeson tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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