Persimmon (PSN) Competitors

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

Is PSN or AVST more profitable?

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
Persimmon	8.84%	7.51%	8.28%
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to PSN or AVST?

In the previous week, Persimmon had 3 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Persimmon and 0 mentions for Avast. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Avast'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Persimmon	Neutral
Avast	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSN or AVST?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Persimmon	Outperform Votes 564 55.02%	Underperform Votes 461 44.98%
Avast	Outperform Votes 111 81.02%	Underperform Votes 26 18.98%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PSN or AVST?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PSN or AVST?

Persimmon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,520, suggesting a potential upside of 29.14%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Avast	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PSN or AVST a better dividend stock?

Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. 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. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PSN or AVST?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Persimmon	£2.92B	1.30	£257.98M	£79.87	14.74
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A

Summary

Persimmon beats Avast on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.