Cairn Homes (CRN) Competitors

Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CRN or TW?

Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cairn Homes	£928.63M	1.31	£127.43M	£14.30	11.47
Taylor Wimpey	£3.45B	1.23	£250.27M	£6.85	17.28

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRN or TW?

Taylor Wimpey received 1352 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.26% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 77.42% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cairn Homes	Outperform Votes 96 77.42%	Underperform Votes 28 22.58%
Taylor Wimpey	Outperform Votes 1448 79.26%	Underperform Votes 379 20.74%

Which has more volatility & risk, CRN or TW?

Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CRN or TW?

Cairn Homes presently has a consensus price target of GBX 175, indicating a potential upside of 6.71%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, indicating a potential upside of 40.71%. Given Taylor Wimpey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Cairn Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cairn Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Wimpey	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CRN or TW more profitable?

Cairn Homes has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of 7.25%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.73% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cairn Homes	13.72%	14.73%	7.83%
Taylor Wimpey	7.25%	5.50%	4.08%

Does the media prefer CRN or TW?

In the previous week, Taylor Wimpey had 2 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Taylor Wimpey and 1 mentions for Cairn Homes. Cairn Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.20 indicating that Cairn Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cairn Homes	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taylor Wimpey	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRN or TW?

69.1% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRN or TW a better dividend stock?

Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Cairn Homes pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Taylor Wimpey pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Cairn Homes and Taylor Wimpey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.