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Bellway (BWY) Competitors

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GBX 2,682 +70.00 (+2.68%)
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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

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%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barratt Developments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds 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£2.34B1.35£128.30M£110.0724.37
Barratt Developments£4.17B0.00£114.10M£0.12N/A

In the previous week, 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,284, indicating a potential upside of 22.45%. Barratt Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 572.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Barratt Developments
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 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.

Summary

Bellway beats Barratt Developments on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£3.15B£1.83B£3.37B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.20%3.80%3.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio24.3710.4771.30146.56
Price / Sales1.3586.7771.38240,165.07
Price / Cash6.325.2031.1627.97
Price / Book0.930.823.855.31
Net Income£128.30M£521.56M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-8.44%-2.09%1.32%1.12%
1 Month Performance1.36%1.01%2.92%5.65%
1 Year Performance2.60%-2.40%2,633.49%82.18%

Bellway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BWY
Bellway
1.7684 of 5 stars
GBX 2,682
+2.7%
GBX 3,284
+22.4%
+2.1%£3.15B£2.34B24.372,979
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.9017 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.9032 of 5 stars
GBX 118.75
-3.0%
GBX 158.33
+33.3%
-17.6%£4.27B£3.45B17.321,090High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
2.2172 of 5 stars
GBX 1,264
-2.5%
GBX 1,520
+20.3%
-12.9%£4.06B£2.92B15.836,180News Coverage
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.2777 of 5 stars
GBX 3,860
flat
GBX 4,700
+21.8%
-20.5%£3.85B£2.30B10.262,610Positive News
Insider Trade
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
1.4459 of 5 stars
GBX 629.80
-1.3%
GBX 613.33
-2.6%
-48.1%£2.06B£3.55B8.374,400Positive News
CRN
Cairn Homes
1.6574 of 5 stars
GBX 182.20
-1.5%
GBX 175
-4.0%
+32.7%£1.35B£928.63M12.75350
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.72
-1.0%
N/A+39.2%£954.36M£41.75B21.86502News Coverage
Insider Trade
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
1.175 of 5 stars
GBX 185.10
-0.9%
GBX 202.50
+9.4%
-26.0%£474.75M£632.51M-17.82778

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This page (LON:BWY) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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