TW vs. BDEV, BKG, PSN, VTY, BWY, RDW, SMDS, HWDN, KGF, and MKS
Should you be buying Taylor Wimpey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taylor Wimpey include Barratt Developments (BDEV), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), DS Smith (SMDS), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Kingfisher (KGF), and Marks and Spencer Group (MKS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Taylor Wimpey had 2 more articles in the media than Barratt Developments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Taylor Wimpey and 3 mentions for Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.57 indicating that Taylor Wimpey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 9.93% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of 4.98%. Barratt Developments' return on equity of 7.73% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.
Taylor Wimpey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barratt Developments. Taylor Wimpey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barratt Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Barratt Developments pays out 12,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Taylor Wimpey pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Taylor Wimpey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
86.3% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Barratt Developments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Taylor Wimpey received 334 more outperform votes than Barratt Developments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.25% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 72.31% of users gave Barratt Developments an outperform vote.
Barratt Developments currently has a consensus price target of GBX 509.29, suggesting a potential upside of 0.41%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 135.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.00%. Given Taylor Wimpey's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Barratt Developments is more favorable than Taylor Wimpey.
Barratt Developments has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Taylor Wimpey beats Barratt Developments on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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