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Bellway (BWY) Competitors

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GBX 2,622 +16.00 (+0.61%)
As of 01/31/2025 11:53 AM Eastern

BWY vs. BDEV, TW, PSN, BKG, RDW, VTY, CRN, MCS, CRST, and ABBY

Should you be buying Bellway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bellway include Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Persimmon (PSN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

Bellway vs.

Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) and Bellway (LON:BWY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Barratt Developments pays out 13,333.3% 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. Bellway is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Barratt Developments presently has a consensus target price of GBX 572.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Bellway has a consensus target price of GBX 3,204.20, indicating a potential upside of 22.20%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bellway is more favorable than Barratt Developments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barratt Developments
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Bellway
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Bellway has a net margin of 7.63% compared to Barratt Developments' net margin of 2.74%. Bellway's return on equity of 6.33% beat Barratt Developments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barratt Developments2.74% 2.07% 2.77%
Bellway 7.63%6.33%4.55%

Barratt Developments received 289 more outperform votes than Bellway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.23% of users gave Barratt Developments an outperform vote while only 70.61% of users gave Bellway an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Barratt DevelopmentsOutperform Votes
1113
72.23%
Underperform Votes
428
27.77%
BellwayOutperform Votes
824
70.61%
Underperform Votes
343
29.39%

60.2% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Bellway shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Barratt Developments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Bellway 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.

Bellway has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barratt Developments£4.17B0.00£114.10M£0.12N/A
Bellway£2.87B1.08£219M£1.801,456.67

In the previous week, Bellway had 2 more articles in the media than Barratt Developments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bellway and 0 mentions for Barratt Developments. Bellway's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Barratt Developments' score of 0.00 indicating that Bellway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Barratt Developments Neutral
Bellway Neutral

Barratt Developments has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bellway has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bellway beats Barratt Developments on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BWY vs. The Competition

MetricBellwayResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.11B£2.32B£3.09B£2.09B
Dividend Yield3.69%4.13%3.75%5.04%
P/E Ratio1,456.67479.16341.561,936.84
Price / Sales1.0879.33311.42339,959.45
Price / Cash6.325.4029.7829.41
Price / Book0.910.843.343.13
Net Income£219M£178.52M£294.67M£186.69M
7 Day Performance3.97%2.87%0.54%0.36%
1 Month Performance5.22%1.19%0.35%2.68%
1 Year Performance-3.82%58.69%8.87%163.32%

Bellway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWY
Bellway
2.4456 of 5 stars
GBX 2,622
+0.6%
GBX 3,204.20
+22.2%
-4.8%£3.11B£2.87B1,456.672,979News Coverage
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.9184 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
TW
Taylor Wimpey
2.7981 of 5 stars
GBX 116.55
-1.7%
GBX 166.67
+43.0%
-18.0%£4.13B£3.40B1,665.001,090High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
1.6317 of 5 stars
GBX 1,244.34
-0.1%
GBX 1,520
+22.2%
-13.5%£3.98B£2.90B1,555.426,180High Trading Volume
BKG
The Berkeley Group
1.4942 of 5 stars
GBX 3,810
+1.2%
GBX 4,825
+26.6%
-19.3%£3.89B£2.46B989.612,610Positive News
High Trading Volume
RDW
Redrow
1.5206 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 738.50
+∞
N/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
1.9144 of 5 stars
GBX 598.50
+1.6%
GBX 670
+11.9%
-40.4%£1.99B£3.71B819.864,400High Trading Volume
CRN
Cairn Homes
0.473 of 5 stars
GBX 179.60
+0.4%
GBX 175
-2.6%
+56.8%£1.13B£813.40M1,282.86350
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
2.0227 of 5 stars
GBX 179.10
+0.1%
GBX 223
+24.5%
-14.1%£459.07M£632.30M-1,791.00778News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ABBY
Abbey
N/AN/AN/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:BWY) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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