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Persimmon (PSN) Competitors

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GBX 1,250.50 +7.50 (+0.60%)
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PSN vs. AVST, BLND, RMG, VTY, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, and CNIC

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

Persimmon vs.

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

In the previous week, Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Persimmon's score of 0.00 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avast Positive
Persimmon Neutral

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Persimmon pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A
Persimmon£2.92B1.38£257.98M£79.8715.66

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

Persimmon received 453 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvastOutperform Votes
111
81.02%
Underperform Votes
26
18.98%
PersimmonOutperform Votes
564
55.02%
Underperform Votes
461
44.98%

Persimmon has a consensus target price of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Avast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Persimmon
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.51% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvastN/A N/A N/A
Persimmon 8.84%7.51%8.28%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricPersimmonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.02B£2.42B£3.17B£2.52B
Dividend Yield0.05%3.68%3.48%4.96%
P/E Ratio15.669.1420.31131.73
Price / Sales1.3880.4958.85238,268.04
Price / Cash5.235.4030.9128.02
Price / Book1.170.843.294.47
Net Income£257.98M£531.33M£260.10M£5.81B
7 Day Performance3.70%2.50%1.39%1.56%
1 Month Performance5.08%0.94%-1.91%5.40%
1 Year Performance-3.21%56.73%1,664.37%101.20%

Persimmon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Persimmon
1.2884 of 5 stars
GBX 1,250.50
+0.6%
GBX 1,520
+21.6%
-6.9%£4.02B£2.92B15.666,180
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800Positive News
High Trading Volume
BLND
British Land
3.1256 of 5 stars
GBX 357.20
+1.4%
GBX 448.33
+25.5%
-2.4%£3.56B£533.92M3.881,690Positive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
1.7082 of 5 stars
GBX 565.20
+4.8%
GBX 613.33
+8.5%
-46.4%£1.85B£3.55B7.514,400Gap Up
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 159.12
+1.1%
N/A+7.2%£1.66B£160.96M12.76N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.7293 of 5 stars
GBX 178.43
+0.8%
GBX 236
+32.3%
-6.5%£1.28B£561.21M96.461,526Positive News
GEN
Genuit Group
1.4452 of 5 stars
GBX 348.64
+4.1%
GBX 545
+56.3%
-18.6%£864.73M£553.28M36.582,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 50.81
+1.6%
N/A-29.4%£493.25M£874.20M7.20890Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
2.3056 of 5 stars
GBX 180
+0.9%
GBX 189
+5.0%
+25.0%£426.19M£1.45B14.555,930News Coverage
Gap Down
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100

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