Cairn Homes (CRN) Competitors

Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the media prefer CRN or TW?

In the previous week, Cairn Homes and Cairn Homes both had 1 articles in the media. Cairn Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.15 indicating that Cairn Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cairn Homes	Positive
Taylor Wimpey	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CRN or TW?

Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRN or TW a better dividend stock?

Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Cairn Homes pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Taylor Wimpey pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CRN or TW?

Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cairn Homes	£928.63M	1.39	£127.43M	£14.30	12.14
Taylor Wimpey	£3.45B	1.19	£250.27M	£6.85	16.59

Is CRN or TW more profitable?

Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of 7.25%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.73% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cairn Homes	13.72%	14.73%	7.83%
Taylor Wimpey	7.25%	5.50%	4.08%

Do analysts rate CRN or TW?

Cairn Homes presently has a consensus price target of GBX 175, suggesting a potential upside of 0.81%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 168.75, suggesting a potential upside of 48.35%. Given Taylor Wimpey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Cairn Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cairn Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Wimpey	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRN or TW?

Taylor Wimpey received 1352 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.26% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 77.42% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cairn Homes	Outperform Votes 96 77.42%	Underperform Votes 28 22.58%
Taylor Wimpey	Outperform Votes 1448 79.26%	Underperform Votes 379 20.74%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CRN or TW?

69.1% of Cairn Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cairn Homes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cairn Homes beats Taylor Wimpey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.