CRN vs. PSN, TW, BKG, BWY, RDW, VTY, GLV, MCS, CRST, and ABBY
Should you be buying Cairn Homes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cairn Homes include Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Cairn Homes vs.
Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
69.1% of Cairn Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cairn Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cairn Homes presently has a consensus price target of GBX 175, suggesting a potential downside of 3.95%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, suggesting a potential upside of 14.18%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Cairn Homes.
Persimmon received 468 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Cairn Homes pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Persimmon pays out 75.1% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 3 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Persimmon and 0 mentions for Cairn Homes. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Cairn Homes' score of 0.00 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Persimmon's net margin of 8.84%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.73% beat Persimmon's return on equity.
Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Persimmon beats Cairn Homes on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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