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Watkin Jones (WJG) Competitors

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GBX 33.15 +0.05 (+0.15%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

WJG vs. GLE, TEF, SPR, BTRW, BDEV, TW, PSN, 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), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Persimmon (PSN), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Watkin Jones shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MJ Gleeson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 643, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Watkin Jones has a consensus price target of GBX 50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.83%. Given Watkin Jones' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than MJ Gleeson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MJ Gleeson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Watkin Jones
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share. Watkin Jones pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. 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.

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 0.00 equaled Watkin Jones'average media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MJ Gleeson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Watkin Jones
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MJ GleesonOutperform Votes
332
69.46%
Underperform Votes
146
30.54%
Watkin JonesOutperform Votes
293
73.80%
Underperform Votes
104
26.20%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MJ Gleeson£358.44M0.00£20.04M£31.95N/A
Watkin Jones£440.07M0.20-£30.76M-£11.70-2.83

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MJ Gleeson5.59% 6.60% 4.73%
Watkin Jones -6.99%-22.95%-5.63%

Summary

MJ Gleeson beats Watkin Jones on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WJG vs. The Competition

MetricWatkin JonesResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£86.12M£2.61B£3.22B£2.55B
Dividend Yield11.20%3.78%3.48%4.83%
P/E Ratio-2.838.8820.45132.21
Price / Sales0.2080.4058.97240,722.25
Price / Cash5.245.3331.0228.18
Price / Book0.640.823.324.51
Net Income-£30.76M£577.81M£261.22M£5.84B
7 Day Performance5.24%1.96%1.95%8.58%
1 Month Performance8.16%1.17%-1.53%6.38%
1 Year Performance-25.08%59.01%1,676.74%103.27%

Watkin Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJG
Watkin Jones
1.6349 of 5 stars
GBX 33.15
+0.2%
GBX 50
+50.8%
-23.8%£86.12M£440.07M-2.83727News Coverage
Gap Down
GLE
MJ Gleeson
2.8092 of 5 stars
GBX 460
-0.2%
GBX 643
+39.8%
+2.8%£278.21M£358.44M14.40743News Coverage
Gap Down
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
SPR
Springfield Properties
N/AGBX 96
-1.0%
N/A+4.3%£114.12M£267.18M15.08636News Coverage
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
N/AGBX 453.60
+2.1%
GBX 540
+19.0%
N/A£0.00N/A0.006,270
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.2894 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.1773 of 5 stars
GBX 113
+2.6%
GBX 166.67
+47.5%
-12.3%£4.06B£3.45B16.481,090
PSN
Persimmon
1.2522 of 5 stars
GBX 1,233
+1.6%
GBX 1,520
+23.3%
-2.0%£3.96B£2.92B15.446,180
BKG
The Berkeley Group
1.6405 of 5 stars
GBX 3,962
+0.6%
GBX 4,700
+18.6%
-13.5%£3.95B£2.30B10.532,610Positive News
BWY
Bellway
2.222 of 5 stars
GBX 2,534
+1.8%
GBX 3,204.20
+26.4%
+2.6%£2.98B£2.34B23.022,979News Coverage
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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