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Genuit Group (GEN) Competitors

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GBX 387 -4.00 (-1.02%)
As of 07/11/2025 12:09 PM Eastern

GEN vs. PSN, BLND, VTY, TEM, RMG, SPT, DOCS, WIX, YOU, and CNIC

Should you be buying Genuit Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genuit Group include Persimmon (PSN), British Land (BLND), Vistry Group (VTY), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), YouGov (YOU), and CentralNic Group (CNIC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Genuit Group vs. Its Competitors

Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Genuit Group (LON:GEN) are both computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Genuit Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Genuit Group pays out 125.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,447.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.58%. Genuit Group has a consensus target price of GBX 520, suggesting a potential upside of 34.37%. Given Genuit Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genuit Group is more favorable than Persimmon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Persimmon
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Genuit Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Genuit Group's net margin of 4.26%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.51% beat Genuit Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Persimmon8.84% 7.51% 8.28%
Genuit Group 4.26%3.74%4.59%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Persimmon£2.92B1.33£257.98M£79.8715.16
Genuit Group£553.28M1.73£23.57M£9.5340.60

In the previous week, Persimmon had 2 more articles in the media than Genuit Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Persimmon and 4 mentions for Genuit Group. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Genuit Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Persimmon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Genuit Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuit Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

59.0% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Genuit Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Genuit Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Persimmon beats Genuit Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GEN vs. The Competition

MetricGenuit GroupBuilding Products & Equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£959.88M£3.63B£7.55B£3.00B
Dividend Yield3.28%3.03%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio40.6053.8525.17150.83
Price / Sales1.7388.20120.79314,599.95
Price / Cash14.5317.0727.3627.97
Price / Book1.531.804.404.58
Net Income£23.57M£18.85B£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.78%0.16%0.73%11.51%
1 Month Performance1.44%1.49%5.36%8.27%
1 Year Performance-19.88%2.53%28.02%32.75%

Genuit Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GEN
Genuit Group
2.0165 of 5 stars
GBX 387
-1.0%
GBX 520
+34.4%
-19.9%£959.88M£553.28M40.602,700News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
PSN
Persimmon
2.0136 of 5 stars
GBX 1,211.31
+0.3%
GBX 1,520
+25.5%
-19.1%£3.89B£2.92B15.176,180Analyst Upgrade
BLND
British Land
3.9081 of 5 stars
GBX 356.12
+0.3%
GBX 480
+34.8%
-16.1%£3.55B£533.92M3.871,690Positive News
VTY
Vistry Group
1.8948 of 5 stars
GBX 627
+1.8%
GBX 613.33
-2.2%
-53.9%£2.05B£3.55B8.334,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 190.77
-0.6%
N/A+14.9%£1.99B£160.96M15.30N/A
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.0234 of 5 stars
GBX 192.60
-0.3%
GBX 236
+22.5%
+6.3%£1.38B£561.21M104.121,526News Coverage
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.1363 of 5 stars
GBX 75.89
-1.4%
GBX 6,000
+7,805.9%
+3.3%£736.74M£874.20M10.76890News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WIX
Wickes Group
1.9532 of 5 stars
GBX 231.50
+1.1%
GBX 215
-7.1%
+58.1%£548.12M£1.45B18.725,930News Coverage
YOU
YouGov
2.9071 of 5 stars
GBX 381.50
+0.4%
GBX 760
+99.2%
-11.2%£446.41M£335.28M-194.431,820Trending News
CNIC
CentralNic Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£339.82M£790.04M-12,660.00100

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This page (LON:GEN) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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