MJ Gleeson (GLE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CRN or GLE?

69.1% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRN or GLE a better dividend stock?

Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. MJ Gleeson pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend CRN or GLE?

Cairn Homes currently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, indicating a potential downside of 3.95%. MJ Gleeson has a consensus target price of GBX 643, indicating a potential upside of 18.85%. Given MJ Gleeson's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MJ Gleeson 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
MJ Gleeson	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor CRN or GLE?

In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 3 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 2 mentions for Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat MJ Gleeson's score of 0.02 indicating that Cairn Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cairn Homes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MJ Gleeson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRN or GLE more profitable?

Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to MJ Gleeson's net margin of 5.59%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.97% beat MJ Gleeson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cairn Homes	13.72%	14.97%	7.83%
MJ Gleeson	5.59%	6.61%	4.73%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CRN or GLE?

Cairn Homes has higher revenue and earnings than MJ Gleeson. Cairn Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MJ Gleeson, 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	£813.40M	1.41	£111.62M	£0.14	1,301.43
MJ Gleeson	£345.34M	0.91	£19.31M	£0.33	1,639.39

Which has more risk & volatility, CRN or GLE?

Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MJ Gleeson has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRN or GLE?

MJ Gleeson received 236 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cairn Homes	Outperform Votes 96 77.42%	Underperform Votes 28 22.58%
MJ Gleeson	Outperform Votes 332 69.46%	Underperform Votes 146 30.54%

Summary

Cairn Homes beats MJ Gleeson on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.