WJG vs. SPR, GLV, BTRW, BDEV, TW, BKG, PSN, BWY, RDW, and VTY
Should you be buying Watkin Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watkin Jones include Springfield Properties (SPR), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), and Vistry Group (VTY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Watkin Jones vs.
Springfield Properties (LON:SPR) and Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Springfield Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Watkin Jones. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Springfield Properties and 0 mentions for Watkin Jones. Watkin Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Springfield Properties' score of -0.07 indicating that Watkin Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Springfield Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Watkin Jones. Watkin Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Springfield Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Springfield Properties has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watkin Jones has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Springfield Properties has a net margin of 2.83% compared to Watkin Jones' net margin of -6.99%. Springfield Properties' return on equity of 4.89% beat Watkin Jones' return on equity.
Watkin Jones has a consensus price target of GBX 50, suggesting a potential upside of 140.96%. Given Watkin Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than Springfield Properties.
Springfield Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Watkin Jones pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.9%. Springfield Properties pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watkin Jones pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watkin Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
10.7% of Springfield Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.3% of Watkin Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Springfield Properties 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Watkin Jones received 279 more outperform votes than Springfield Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.80% of users gave Watkin Jones an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Springfield Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Springfield Properties beats Watkin Jones on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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