GLE vs. MCS, CRST, ABBY, TEF, SPR, WJG, BTRW, BDEV, PSN, and BKG
Should you be buying MJ Gleeson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MJ Gleeson include McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Abbey (ABBY), Telford Homes (TEF), Springfield Properties (SPR), Watkin Jones (WJG), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), and The Berkeley Group (BKG). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
MJ Gleeson vs. Its Competitors
MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) and McCarthy & Stone (LON:MCS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
McCarthy & Stone received 10 more outperform votes than MJ Gleeson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave McCarthy & Stone an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 5 more articles in the media than McCarthy & Stone. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 0 mentions for McCarthy & Stone. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat McCarthy & Stone's score of 0.00 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MJ Gleeson has a net margin of 5.59% compared to McCarthy & Stone's net margin of 0.00%. MJ Gleeson's return on equity of 6.60% beat McCarthy & Stone's return on equity.
MJ Gleeson has higher earnings, but lower revenue than McCarthy & Stone. McCarthy & Stone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MJ Gleeson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. McCarthy & Stone pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. MJ Gleeson pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McCarthy & Stone pays out 0.9% 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.
MJ Gleeson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 643, indicating a potential upside of 66.58%. Given MJ Gleeson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MJ Gleeson is more favorable than McCarthy & Stone.
Summary
MJ Gleeson beats McCarthy & Stone on 12 of the 17 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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This page (LON:GLE) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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