GLE vs. WJG, SPR, CRST, CRN, PINE, HFD, LGRS, DFS, CARD, and WIX
Should you be buying MJ Gleeson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MJ Gleeson include Watkin Jones (WJG), Springfield Properties (SPR), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Cairn Homes (CRN), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Halfords Group (HFD), Loungers (LGRS), DFS Furniture (DFS), Card Factory (CARD), and Wickes Group (WIX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) and MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
MJ Gleeson received 38 more outperform votes than Watkin Jones when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.18% of users gave Watkin Jones an outperform vote while only 69.39% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Watkin Jones' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat MJ Gleeson's score of 0.00 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Watkin Jones presently has a consensus price target of GBX 140, indicating a potential upside of 165.65%. MJ Gleeson has a consensus price target of GBX 518, indicating a potential downside of 4.43%. Given MJ Gleeson's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than MJ Gleeson.
Watkin Jones pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watkin Jones pays out -4,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MJ Gleeson pays out 4,482.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watkin Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MJ Gleeson has a net margin of 5.49% compared to MJ Gleeson's net margin of -7.88%. Watkin Jones' return on equity of 6.00% beat MJ Gleeson's return on equity.
MJ Gleeson has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
55.7% of Watkin Jones shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Watkin Jones shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Watkin Jones has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MJ Gleeson has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MJ Gleeson beats Watkin Jones on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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