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MJ Gleeson (GLE) Competitors

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GBX 353 -7.00 (-1.94%)
As of 12:05 PM Eastern

GLE vs. MCS, CRST, ABBY, TEF, SPR, WJG, GLV, BDEV, BTRW, 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), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), and The Berkeley Group (BKG). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

MJ Gleeson vs. Its Competitors

McCarthy & Stone (LON:MCS) and MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

43.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 8 more articles in the media than McCarthy & Stone. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 0 mentions for McCarthy & Stone. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat McCarthy & Stone's score of 0.00 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
McCarthy & Stone Neutral
MJ Gleeson Neutral

MJ Gleeson has a consensus target price of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 41.64%. Given MJ Gleeson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MJ Gleeson is more favorable than McCarthy & Stone.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McCarthy & Stone
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
MJ Gleeson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McCarthy & StoneN/A N/A N/A
MJ Gleeson 5.59%6.60%4.73%

McCarthy & Stone pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. McCarthy & Stone pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MJ Gleeson pays out 0.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

MJ Gleeson has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McCarthy & Stone£621.43M0.00N/A£5.60N/A
MJ Gleeson£365.82M0.56£20.04M£27.1113.02

Summary

MJ Gleeson beats McCarthy & Stone on 13 of the 15 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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GLE vs. The Competition

MetricMJ GleesonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£206.07M£2.06B£3.92B£2.59B
Dividend Yield3.06%4.18%3.56%5.38%
P/E Ratio13.0212.4977.21414.66
Price / Sales0.5683.07229.6397,398.97
Price / Cash6.065.2031.1627.90
Price / Book0.690.823.627.57
Net Income£20.04M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.02%0.92%0.77%-0.69%
1 Month Performance-6.86%3.84%-0.15%0.83%
1 Year Performance-42.13%-9.40%35.69%118.76%

MJ Gleeson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLE
MJ Gleeson
3.7567 of 5 stars
GBX 353
-1.9%
GBX 500
+41.6%
-41.5%£206.07M£365.82M13.02743News Coverage
Insider Trade
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
2.7476 of 5 stars
GBX 172
+0.3%
GBX 192.50
+11.9%
-12.0%£440.92M£610.20M-599.30778Positive News
ABBY
Abbey
N/AN/AN/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
SPR
Springfield Properties
N/AGBX 103.05
-0.4%
N/A+5.5%£122.67M£280.56M913.56636
WJG
Watkin Jones
1.6565 of 5 stars
GBX 31.50
-2.5%
GBX 38
+20.6%
+9.3%£80.85M£316.45M-21,283.78727News Coverage
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.85
+0.3%
N/A+11.0%£9.80M£1.06B8.39502
BDEV
Barratt Developments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
4.2009 of 5 stars
GBX 389
+0.6%
GBX 509.29
+30.9%
-19.7%£5.52B£5.58B2,924.816,270
BKG
The Berkeley Group
2.5113 of 5 stars
GBX 4,038
+0.7%
GBX 4,891.25
+21.1%
-15.9%£3.87B£2.49B1,091.352,610

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This page (LON:GLE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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