BRBY vs. PSN, VTY, BDEV, KGF, FRAS, TW, SMDS, HWDN, BKG, and GAW
Should you be buying Burberry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burberry Group include Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Kingfisher (KGF), Frasers Group (FRAS), Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), and Games Workshop Group (GAW). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Burberry Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,827.71, suggesting a potential upside of 58.66%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,320.40, suggesting a potential upside of 0.18%. Given Burberry Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Burberry Group is more favorable than Persimmon.
Burberry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Burberry Group pays out 5,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Burberry Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 2 more articles in the media than Burberry Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Persimmon and 1 mentions for Burberry Group. Burberry Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Persimmon's score of 0.62 indicating that Burberry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.5% of Burberry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Burberry Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Persimmon shares are held by company 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.
Burberry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Persimmon. Burberry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burberry Group has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Persimmon's net margin of 9.21%. Burberry Group's return on equity of 34.52% beat Persimmon's return on equity.
Burberry Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Burberry Group received 17 more outperform votes than Persimmon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.95% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote while only 45.05% of users gave Burberry Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Burberry Group beats Persimmon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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