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Persimmon (PSN) Competitors

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GBX 1,235.50 -3.50 (-0.28%)
(As of 08:15 AM ET)

PSN vs. AVST, BLND, VTY, RMG, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, YOU, and WIX

Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Avast (AVST), British Land (BLND), Vistry Group (VTY), Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), and Wickes Group (WIX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Persimmon vs.

Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,510, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Avast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Persimmon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Avast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Persimmon received 452 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PersimmonOutperform Votes
563
55.03%
Underperform Votes
460
44.97%
AvastOutperform Votes
111
81.02%
Underperform Votes
26
18.98%

59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Persimmon£2.90B1.37£256.40M£0.801,550.63
Avast£940.10M7.97N/A£0.233,115.65

In the previous week, Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Avast'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Persimmon Neutral
Avast Neutral

Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Persimmon pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.58% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Persimmon8.84% 7.58% 8.28%
Avast N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Persimmon beats Avast on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricPersimmonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.97B£2.23B£2.43B£1.40B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.13%4.29%11.69%
P/E Ratio1,550.63587.51347.271,563.27
Price / Sales1.3794.42347.34216,146.60
Price / Cash5.235.2125.2033.32
Price / Book1.160.863.122.83
Net Income£256.40M£176.02M£261.33M£153.85M
7 Day Performance-2.32%-2.66%-0.84%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-23.92%-6.65%-2.68%7.33%
1 Year Performance-0.52%63.04%12.07%93.52%

Persimmon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Persimmon
1.7406 of 5 stars
GBX 1,235.50
-0.3%
GBX 1,510
+22.2%
-0.9%£3.95B£2.90B1,544.386,180High Trading Volume
AVST
Avast
N/AGBX 716.60
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
BLND
British Land
2.8334 of 5 stars
GBX 374.61
-1.2%
GBX 455
+21.5%
+2.0%£3.74B£670M-335.971,690Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
VTY
Vistry Group
3.2912 of 5 stars
GBX 633
-0.2%
GBX 1,205
+90.4%
-22.7%£2.11B£3.71B868.494,400News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AGBX 207
+5.4%
N/A+0.0%£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 164.70
-0.2%
N/A+9.3%£1.76B£173.08M1,378.33N/A
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.224 of 5 stars
GBX 170.70
+0.1%
GBX 253.33
+48.4%
+58.5%£976.15M£447.70M8,525.001,526
GEN
Genuit Group
1.9014 of 5 stars
GBX 391.50
+0.9%
GBX 512.50
+30.9%
+26.0%£975.50M£554.10M3,880.002,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 54.91
-1.7%
N/A-51.8%£528.04M£877.10M797.86890Dividend Cut
Gap Up
YOU
YouGov
3.3273 of 5 stars
GBX 426.85
-0.3%
GBX 905
+112.0%
-59.2%£498.43M£270M2,140.001,820
WIX
Wickes Group
2.7236 of 5 stars
GBX 148.80
+0.4%
GBX 180
+21.0%
+12.3%£352.79M£1.53B1,235.005,930Gap Down

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This page (LON:PSN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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