VTY vs. PSN, BDEV, TW, BWY, BKG, RDW, ENT, KGF, BRBY, and HWDN
Should you be buying Vistry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistry Group include Persimmon (PSN), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Bellway (BWY), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Redrow (RDW), Entain (ENT), Kingfisher (KGF), Burberry Group (BRBY), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Vistry Group (LON:VTY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
57.2% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Vistry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Vistry Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Persimmon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,300.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.09%. Vistry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 956, indicating a potential downside of 24.67%. Given Vistry Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
Persimmon has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Persimmon's net margin of 6.27%. Vistry Group's return on equity of 7.45% beat Persimmon's return on equity.
Persimmon received 513 more outperform votes than Vistry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.98% of users gave Vistry Group an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Persimmon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vistry Group. Persimmon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Vistry Group pays out 8,593.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 1 more articles in the media than Vistry Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Persimmon and 1 mentions for Vistry Group. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Persimmon's score of 0.13 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistry Group has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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