Taylor Wimpey (TW) Competitors

Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) and Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey received 820 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.24% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Wimpey	Outperform Votes 1447 79.24%	Underperform Votes 379 20.76%
Land Securities Group	Outperform Votes 627 62.83%	Underperform Votes 371 37.17%

Does the media prefer TW or LAND?

In the previous week, Taylor Wimpey had 1 more articles in the media than Land Securities Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Taylor Wimpey and 0 mentions for Land Securities Group. Taylor Wimpey's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Land Securities Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Wimpey	Neutral
Land Securities Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TW or LAND?

68.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey currently has a consensus target price of GBX 166.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.60%. Land Securities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 675.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. Given Taylor Wimpey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Land Securities Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Wimpey	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Land Securities Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, 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
Taylor Wimpey	£3.40B	1.25	£246.30M	£0.07	1,717.86
Land Securities Group	£824M	5.29	-£319M	-£0.43	-1,360.47

Is TW or LAND a better dividend stock?

Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Taylor Wimpey pays out 14,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Land Securities Group pays out -9,302.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, TW or LAND?

Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TW or LAND more profitable?

Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Taylor Wimpey's return on equity of 5.51% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Wimpey	7.25%	5.51%	4.08%
Land Securities Group	-38.71%	-5.05%	2.40%

Summary

Taylor Wimpey beats Land Securities Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.