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Bellway (BWY) Competitors

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GBX 2,306 -6.00 (-0.26%)
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BWY vs. BDEV, BTRW, TW, PSN, BKG, RDW, VTY, CRN, MCS, and CRST

Should you be buying Bellway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bellway include Barratt Developments (BDEV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Persimmon (PSN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), and Crest Nicholson (CRST). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

Bellway vs. Its Competitors

Bellway (LON:BWY) and Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Bellway pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barratt Developments pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bellway is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Bellway has a net margin of 5.48% compared to Barratt Developments' net margin of 2.74%. Bellway's return on equity of 3.78% beat Barratt Developments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bellway5.48% 3.78% 4.55%
Barratt Developments 2.74%2.07%2.77%

Bellway has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barratt Developments has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Bellway presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,016.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.82%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bellway is more favorable than Barratt Developments.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bellway
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Barratt Developments
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

75.2% of Bellway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Barratt Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bellway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barratt Developments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bellway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bellway£2.54B1.08£128.30M£1.231,876.32
Barratt Developments£4.17B0.00£114.10M£0.12N/A

In the previous week, Bellway had 2 more articles in the media than Barratt Developments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bellway and 0 mentions for Barratt Developments. Bellway's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Barratt Developments' score of 0.00 indicating that Bellway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bellway Neutral
Barratt Developments Neutral

Summary

Bellway beats Barratt Developments on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BWY vs. The Competition

MetricBellwayResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.74B£1.85B£3.90B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.55%4.16%3.53%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,876.32685.35521.585,413.34
Price / Sales1.0879.43250.5597,256.66
Price / Cash6.325.2031.1627.93
Price / Book0.800.763.558.43
Net Income£128.30M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.52%-0.17%0.20%0.35%
1 Month Performance-5.34%-1.32%1.07%44.36%
1 Year Performance-26.42%-7.38%35.26%164.68%

Bellway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWY
Bellway
2.7579 of 5 stars
GBX 2,306
-0.3%
GBX 3,016.67
+30.8%
-26.3%£2.74B£2.54B1,876.322,979
BDEV
Barratt Developments
N/AN/AGBX 540
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
3.5144 of 5 stars
GBX 370.22
+0.2%
GBX 520.20
+40.5%
N/A£5.26B£4.60B3,594.346,270
TW
Taylor Wimpey
4.0916 of 5 stars
GBX 98.62
-0.2%
GBX 143.17
+45.2%
-40.9%£3.55B£3.45B14.391,090High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
3.2109 of 5 stars
GBX 1,087.50
-1.1%
GBX 1,431.25
+31.6%
-33.4%£3.48B£3.39B1,371.376,180
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.1166 of 5 stars
GBX 3,614
-1.8%
GBX 4,891.25
+35.3%
-26.4%£3.46B£2.49B976.762,610
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
2.1273 of 5 stars
GBX 603.80
-4.6%
GBX 594.80
-1.5%
-55.4%£1.95B£3.78B2,769.724,400News Coverage
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CRN
Cairn Homes
N/AGBX 187.40
-0.6%
GBX 200
+6.7%
+14.7%£1.16B£778.20M1,193.63350
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
3.4319 of 5 stars
GBX 147.90
-0.6%
GBX 192.50
+30.2%
-22.6%£379.14M£610.20M-515.33778Positive News

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This page (LON:BWY) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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