PSN vs. BKG, TW, BDEV, VTY, BWY, RDW, CRN, MCS, CRST, and ABBY
Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include The Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Vistry Group (VTY), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
The Berkeley Group (LON:BKG) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. The Berkeley Group pays out 2,185.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon pays out 7,594.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Berkeley Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,614.86, indicating a potential downside of 10.59%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,300.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.53%. Given The Berkeley Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than The Berkeley Group.
69.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Persimmon shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 1 more articles in the media than The Berkeley Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Persimmon and 0 mentions for The Berkeley Group. The Berkeley Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Persimmon's score of 0.00 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Berkeley Group has a net margin of 17.92% compared to The Berkeley Group's net margin of 9.21%. Persimmon's return on equity of 13.75% beat The Berkeley Group's return on equity.
The Berkeley Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Persimmon. The Berkeley Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Berkeley Group received 57 more outperform votes than Persimmon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave The Berkeley Group an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Summary
The Berkeley Group beats Persimmon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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