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Crest Nicholson (CRST) Competitors

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GBX 171.10 +1.30 (+0.77%)
(As of 11:53 AM ET)

CRST vs. CRN, MCS, ABBY, GLE, TEF, SPR, WJG, GLV, BTRW, and BDEV

Should you be buying Crest Nicholson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crest Nicholson include Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Abbey (ABBY), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Telford Homes (TEF), Springfield Properties (SPR), Watkin Jones (WJG), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), and Barratt Developments (BDEV). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

Crest Nicholson vs.

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

Crest Nicholson pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Crest Nicholson pays out -13,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cairn Homes pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crest Nicholson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Crest Nicholson has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crest Nicholson£632.30M0.69-£26.60M-£0.10-1,713.50
Cairn Homes£813.40M1.45£111.62M£0.141,347.14

In the previous week, Crest Nicholson had 1 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Crest Nicholson and 0 mentions for Cairn Homes. Crest Nicholson's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cairn Homes'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crest Nicholson Neutral
Cairn Homes Neutral

Crest Nicholson received 472 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote while only 68.52% of users gave Crest Nicholson an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Crest NicholsonOutperform Votes
568
68.52%
Underperform Votes
261
31.48%
Cairn HomesOutperform Votes
96
77.42%
Underperform Votes
28
22.58%

Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Crest Nicholson's net margin of -4.21%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.97% beat Crest Nicholson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crest Nicholson-4.21% -3.17% 0.16%
Cairn Homes 13.72%14.97%7.83%

97.5% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Cairn Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Crest Nicholson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Cairn Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Crest Nicholson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 223, indicating a potential upside of 30.14%. Cairn Homes has a consensus target price of GBX 175, indicating a potential downside of 7.21%. Given Crest Nicholson's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crest Nicholson is more favorable than Cairn Homes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crest Nicholson
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Cairn Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Cairn Homes beats Crest Nicholson on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CRST vs. The Competition

MetricCrest NicholsonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£439.20M£2.13B£2.43B£1.40B
Dividend Yield6.64%4.11%4.36%11.72%
P/E Ratio-1,713.50564.79390.241,555.95
Price / Sales0.6989.23316.59285,078.87
Price / Cash2.085.0325.4332.92
Price / Book0.550.833.062.85
Net Income-£26.60M£176.02M£256.75M£152.61M
7 Day Performance1.81%-1.72%-1.30%19.04%
1 Month Performance16.25%-2.17%-0.09%18.75%
1 Year Performance-19.33%54.40%9.65%23.62%

Crest Nicholson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRST
Crest Nicholson
2.3159 of 5 stars
GBX 171.10
+0.8%
GBX 223
+30.3%
-21.2%£438.56M£632.30M-1,711.00778Positive News
CRN
Cairn Homes
N/AGBX 192.40
-1.2%
GBX 175
-9.0%
+77.8%£1.21B£813.40M1,391.43350
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AGBX 119.80
flat
N/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
ABBY
Abbey
N/AGBX 1,600
+9,900.0%
N/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GLE
MJ Gleeson
2.2844 of 5 stars
GBX 524
+0.8%
GBX 643
+22.7%
+12.6%£305.91M£345.34M1,575.76743High Trading Volume
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
SPR
Springfield Properties
N/AGBX 89
-0.4%
N/A+14.7%£105.69M£266.53M1,491.67636
WJG
Watkin Jones
N/AGBX 19.60
+0.8%
GBX 50
+155.1%
-61.6%£50.30M£434.48M-162.00727Gap Up
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.68
+5.7%
N/A+36.5%£9.71M£588.54M20.00502
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
N/AGBX 434.40
-0.6%
N/AN/A£0.00N/A0.006,270
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.5452 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
-14.8%£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728

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This page (LON:CRST) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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