VTY vs. PSN, BLND, RMG, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, CNIC, and YOU
Should you be buying Vistry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistry Group include Persimmon (PSN), British Land (BLND), Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), CentralNic Group (CNIC), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Vistry Group vs.
Vistry Group (LON:VTY) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) 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.
76.0% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vistry Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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.
Vistry Group has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Persimmon received 514 more outperform votes than Vistry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave Vistry Group an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vistry Group had 2 more articles in the media than Persimmon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vistry Group and 0 mentions for Persimmon. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Persimmon's score of 0.00 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Vistry Group pays out 73.1% 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. Vistry Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vistry Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 613.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.85%. 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 plainly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
Persimmon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vistry Group. Vistry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Vistry Group's net margin of 6.90%. Vistry Group's return on equity of 7.69% beat Persimmon's return on equity.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VTY) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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