Vistry Group (VTY) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AVST or VTY?

Vistry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Avast. Avast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistry Group, 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
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A
Vistry Group	£3.55B	0.58	£245.05M	£75.26	8.32

Is AVST or VTY a better dividend stock?

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistry Group pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is AVST or VTY more profitable?

Vistry Group has a net margin of 6.90% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Vistry Group's return on equity of 7.69% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vistry Group	6.90%	7.69%	3.43%

Does the media refer more to AVST or VTY?

In the previous week, Avast and Avast both had 2 articles in the media. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Avast's score of -0.13 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avast	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vistry Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AVST or VTY?

Vistry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 670, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Vistry Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vistry Group 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
Vistry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVST or VTY?

Avast received 61 more outperform votes than Vistry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave Vistry Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avast	Outperform Votes 111 81.02%	Underperform Votes 26 18.98%
Vistry Group	Outperform Votes 50 56.18%	Underperform Votes 39 43.82%

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

76.0% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vistry Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vistry Group beats Avast on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.