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Bellway (BWY) Competitors

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GBX 2,460 -26.00 (-1.05%)
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BWY vs. BDEV, BTRW, PSN, TW, 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), Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

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£2.54B1.15£128.30M£1.232,001.63
Barratt Developments£4.17B0.00£114.10M£0.12N/A

Bellway currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,016.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.63%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bellway shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barratt Developments shares are held by company 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.

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 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.

In the previous week, Bellway had 1 more articles in the media than Barratt Developments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bellway and 0 mentions for Barratt Developments. Bellway's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barratt Developments'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bellway Neutral
Barratt Developments Neutral

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.

Summary

Bellway beats Barratt Developments on 12 of the 16 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£2.92B£1.96B£3.87B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.40%4.14%3.53%5.29%
P/E Ratio2,001.63785.86624.914,431.91
Price / Sales1.1580.67247.5099,742.79
Price / Cash6.325.2031.1627.90
Price / Book0.850.793.608.66
Net Income£128.30M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.24%-1.17%0.96%0.31%
1 Month Performance5.31%1.96%0.90%5.78%
1 Year Performance-20.54%-5.51%35.62%164.09%

Bellway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWY
Bellway
2.3202 of 5 stars
GBX 2,460
-1.0%
GBX 3,016.67
+22.6%
-21.6%£2.92B£2.54B2,001.632,979Gap Down
BDEV
Barratt Developments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
3.7903 of 5 stars
GBX 389.35
+1.3%
GBX 511.83
+31.5%
N/A£5.53B£5.58B3,780.106,270
PSN
Persimmon
3.5969 of 5 stars
GBX 1,159
+1.3%
GBX 1,431.25
+23.5%
-30.7%£3.71B£3.39B1,461.546,180
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.9781 of 5 stars
GBX 102.30
+2.7%
GBX 143.17
+39.9%
-35.7%£3.68B£3.45B14.921,090High Trading Volume
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.4126 of 5 stars
GBX 3,836
+0.7%
GBX 4,891.25
+27.5%
-18.3%£3.67B£2.49B1,036.762,610
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610Positive News
High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
1.9851 of 5 stars
GBX 646.45
+0.4%
GBX 600.43
-7.1%
-50.0%£2.09B£3.69B2,965.384,400Positive News
CRN
Cairn Homes
2.7687 of 5 stars
GBX 168.60
-0.7%
GBX 200
+18.6%
+0.1%£1.05B£778.20M1,073.89350Positive News
Gap Up
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
2.3615 of 5 stars
GBX 162.60
+1.6%
GBX 192.50
+18.4%
-14.8%£416.82M£610.20M-566.55778

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This page (LON:BWY) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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