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Cairn Homes (CRN) Competitors

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GBX 180.80 -2.20 (-1.20%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

CRN vs. BKG, PSN, TW, BWY, RDW, VTY, MCS, CRST, ABBY, and TEF

Should you be buying Cairn Homes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cairn Homes include The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Abbey (ABBY), and Telford Homes (TEF). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

Cairn Homes vs. Its Competitors

Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) and The Berkeley Group (LON:BKG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cairn Homes£778.20M1.44£127.43M£0.161,151.59
The Berkeley Group£2.49B1.40£371.15M£3.70984.32

71.4% of Cairn Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of The Berkeley Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Cairn Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of The Berkeley Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The Berkeley Group has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Cairn Homes' net margin of 13.72%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 14.73% beat The Berkeley Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cairn Homes13.72% 14.73% 7.83%
The Berkeley Group 16.13%11.40%4.33%

Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cairn Homes pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Berkeley Group pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cairn Homes presently has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 10.62%. The Berkeley Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,891.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.30%. Given The Berkeley Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Berkeley Group 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
The Berkeley Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, The Berkeley Group had 3 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Berkeley Group and 0 mentions for Cairn Homes. The Berkeley Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Cairn Homes' score of 0.00 indicating that The Berkeley Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cairn Homes Neutral
The Berkeley Group Neutral

Summary

The Berkeley Group beats Cairn Homes on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRN vs. The Competition

MetricCairn HomesResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.12B£1.86B£3.92B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.76%4.14%3.53%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,151.59673.97517.485,410.94
Price / Sales1.4479.08251.4496,691.90
Price / Cash13.425.2031.1627.93
Price / Book1.550.763.567.77
Net Income£127.43M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.34%-0.35%0.11%6.51%
1 Month Performance-3.11%-1.13%0.58%55.94%
1 Year Performance16.49%-7.47%35.52%147.85%

Cairn Homes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRN
Cairn Homes
N/AGBX 180.80
-1.2%
GBX 200
+10.6%
+17.7%£1.12B£778.20M1,151.59350Gap Up
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.1723 of 5 stars
GBX 3,542
+0.5%
GBX 4,855
+37.1%
N/A£3.43B£2.49B957.302,610News Coverage
PSN
Persimmon
3.2192 of 5 stars
GBX 1,061.50
+2.3%
GBX 1,431.25
+34.8%
-33.3%£3.40B£3.39B1,283.566,180Analyst Forecast
TW
Taylor Wimpey
4.1091 of 5 stars
GBX 92.96
-3.2%
GBX 143.17
+54.0%
-38.9%£3.34B£3.45B13.561,090News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BWY
Bellway
2.7782 of 5 stars
GBX 2,266
+2.0%
GBX 3,016.67
+33.1%
-26.2%£2.69B£2.54B1,843.782,979News Coverage
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VTY
Vistry Group
2.2969 of 5 stars
GBX 595.60
+0.9%
GBX 631
+5.9%
-57.1%£1.93B£3.78B2,732.114,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
3.4398 of 5 stars
GBX 146.70
+0.5%
GBX 202.50
+38.0%
-22.1%£376.06M£610.20M-511.15778News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ABBY
Abbey
N/AN/AN/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:CRN) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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