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Persimmon (PSN) Competitors

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GBX 1,211.50 +4.50 (+0.37%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:19 PM 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, Persimmon had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Persimmon and 0 mentions for Avast. Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Persimmon's score of -0.19 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Persimmon Neutral
Avast Neutral

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
Persimmon£2.90B1.34£256.40M£0.801,514.38
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A

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

Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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

Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. 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 received 453 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PersimmonOutperform Votes
564
55.08%
Underperform Votes
460
44.92%
AvastOutperform Votes
111
81.02%
Underperform Votes
26
18.98%

Summary

Persimmon beats Avast on 13 of the 17 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£3.87B£2.47B£2.91B£1.76B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.13%3.89%10.89%
P/E Ratio1,514.38602.45343.141,689.42
Price / Sales1.3484.62344.96359,766.35
Price / Cash5.235.4428.3036.50
Price / Book1.140.833.292.85
Net Income£256.40M£173.56M£284.33M£152.96M
7 Day Performance-4.34%-1.05%-1.50%-1.85%
1 Month Performance-2.42%-1.18%0.05%16.58%
1 Year Performance-11.73%55.48%9.04%27.38%

Persimmon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Persimmon
2.7055 of 5 stars
GBX 1,211.50
+0.4%
GBX 1,520
+25.5%
-12.5%£3.87B£2.90B1,514.386,180
AVST
Avast
N/AGBX 716.60
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
BLND
British Land
2.5945 of 5 stars
GBX 358.80
-1.5%
GBX 448.33
+25.0%
-13.4%£3.58B£670M-335.971,690
VTY
Vistry Group
3.0508 of 5 stars
GBX 656
-0.7%
GBX 860
+31.1%
-25.8%£2.19B£3.71B898.634,400Positive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AGBX 207
+5.4%
N/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100News Coverage
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 168.60
-0.8%
N/A+10.1%£1.80B£173.08M1,416.67N/A
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.6094 of 5 stars
GBX 177.20
-0.9%
GBX 246.25
+39.0%
+47.1%£1.01B£447.70M8,880.001,526News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
2.8849 of 5 stars
GBX 399.50
-0.4%
GBX 512.50
+28.3%
-2.8%£995.43M£554.10M4,010.002,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Down
DOCS
Dr. Martens
N/AGBX 76.70
+0.2%
N/A-18.3%£737.64M£877.10M1,093.57890Positive News
Gap Down
YOU
YouGov
2.4638 of 5 stars
GBX 449.46
+0.8%
GBX 905
+101.4%
-64.9%£524.83M£270M2,241.761,820
WIX
Wickes Group
2.1525 of 5 stars
GBX 153
-1.0%
GBX 180
+17.6%
+5.4%£362.75M£1.53B1,288.335,930Gap Down

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This page (LON:PSN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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