Vistry Group (VTY) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VTY or AVST?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VTY or AVST?

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VTY or AVST?

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
Vistry Group	£3.71B	0.54	£256.10M	£0.73	819.86
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A

Is VTY or AVST 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 7.80% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistry Group	6.90%	7.80%	3.43%
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate VTY or AVST?

Vistry Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 670, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. Given Vistry Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vistry Group is more favorable than Avast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Avast	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer VTY or AVST?

In the previous week, Vistry Group and Vistry Group both had 1 articles in the media. Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Vistry Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is VTY or AVST a better dividend stock?

Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Vistry Group pays out 7,534.2% 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.

Summary

Vistry Group beats Avast on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.