CRST vs. RDW, CRN, MCS, GLE, ABBY, TEF, WJG, SPR, GLV, and TW
Should you be buying Crest Nicholson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crest Nicholson include Redrow (RDW), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Abbey (ABBY), Telford Homes (TEF), Watkin Jones (WJG), Springfield Properties (SPR), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), and Taylor Wimpey (TW). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST) and Redrow (LON:RDW) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Crest Nicholson pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Redrow pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Crest Nicholson pays out 24,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redrow pays out 3,906.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
75.7% of Crest Nicholson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Redrow shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Crest Nicholson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Redrow shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Redrow received 213 more outperform votes than Crest Nicholson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.77% of users gave Crest Nicholson an outperform vote while only 64.28% of users gave Redrow an outperform vote.
Redrow has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Crest Nicholson's net margin of 2.72%. Redrow's return on equity of 10.56% beat Crest Nicholson's return on equity.
Crest Nicholson has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redrow has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Redrow had 2 more articles in the media than Crest Nicholson. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Redrow and 1 mentions for Crest Nicholson. Crest Nicholson's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Redrow's score of 0.28 indicating that Crest Nicholson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crest Nicholson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 229.40, suggesting a potential downside of 13.11%. Redrow has a consensus price target of GBX 738.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.65%. Given Redrow's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Redrow is more favorable than Crest Nicholson.
Redrow has higher revenue and earnings than Crest Nicholson. Redrow is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crest Nicholson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Redrow beats Crest Nicholson on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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