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Bellway (BWY) Competitors

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GBX 2,572 +2.00 (+0.08%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

BWY vs. BDEV, TW, PSN, BKG, RDW, VTY, CRN, GLV, MCS, and CRST

Should you be buying Bellway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bellway include Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Persimmon (PSN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), Cairn Homes (CRN), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,239.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.95%. Barratt Developments has a consensus price target of GBX 576.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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 0.67 beat Barratt Developments' score of 0.00 indicating that Bellway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bellway Positive
Barratt Developments Neutral

97.3% of Bellway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Bellway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barratt Developments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share. Bellway pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 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£2.34B1.29£128.30M£110.0723.37
Barratt Developments£4.17B0.00£114.10M£0.12N/A

Summary

Bellway beats Barratt Developments on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BWY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BWY vs. The Competition

MetricBellwayResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.02B£1.80B£3.54B£3.02B
Dividend Yield2.20%3.80%3.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio23.3710.1070.70160.65
Price / Sales1.2985.8370.78278,114.42
Price / Cash6.325.2031.1627.97
Price / Book0.890.813.714.70
Net Income£128.30M£521.56M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.26%0.45%0.82%0.36%
1 Month Performance-12.20%-3.94%2.78%7.05%
1 Year Performance-8.66%-8.45%17.83%73.19%

Bellway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWY
Bellway
2.8688 of 5 stars
GBX 2,572
+0.1%
GBX 3,239.33
+25.9%
-6.7%£3.02B£2.34B23.372,979News Coverage
Gap Down
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.4499 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 576.67
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.5507 of 5 stars
GBX 111.45
+0.9%
GBX 152.50
+36.8%
-29.1%£4.01B£3.45B16.261,090News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
2.0625 of 5 stars
GBX 1,179.50
-0.1%
GBX 1,447.50
+22.7%
-22.6%£3.79B£2.92B14.776,180
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.0957 of 5 stars
GBX 3,658
-0.1%
GBX 4,800
+31.2%
-26.6%£3.65B£2.30B9.732,610Positive News
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
1.6734 of 5 stars
GBX 608
-0.8%
GBX 631
+3.8%
-53.3%£1.99B£3.55B8.084,400
CRN
Cairn Homes
0.9907 of 5 stars
GBX 188.60
+1.1%
GBX 175
-7.2%
+21.2%£1.40B£928.63M13.19350News Coverage
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.85
+4.7%
N/A+36.8%£1.03B£41.75B23.62502Gap Up
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
1.1218 of 5 stars
GBX 188.40
-0.2%
GBX 202.50
+7.5%
-28.5%£483.22M£632.51M-18.14778

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This page (LON:BWY) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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