WJG vs. GLE, TEF, SPR, BTRW, BDEV, PSN, TW, BKG, BWY, and RDW
Should you be buying Watkin Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watkin Jones include MJ Gleeson (GLE), Telford Homes (TEF), Springfield Properties (SPR), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), and Redrow (RDW). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Watkin Jones vs.
MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) and Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watkin Jones pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.4%. MJ Gleeson pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watkin Jones pays out -51.3% 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. Watkin Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MJ Gleeson has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watkin Jones has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
58.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Watkin Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Watkin Jones shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 1 more articles in the media than Watkin Jones. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 1 mentions for Watkin Jones. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Watkin Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MJ Gleeson has a net margin of 5.59% compared to Watkin Jones' net margin of -6.99%. MJ Gleeson's return on equity of 6.60% beat Watkin Jones' return on equity.
MJ Gleeson has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Watkin Jones. Watkin Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MJ Gleeson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MJ Gleeson received 39 more outperform votes than Watkin Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.80% of users gave Watkin Jones an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote.
MJ Gleeson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 643, suggesting a potential upside of 38.58%. Watkin Jones has a consensus price target of GBX 50, suggesting a potential upside of 86.92%. Given Watkin Jones' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than MJ Gleeson.
Summary
MJ Gleeson beats Watkin Jones on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
