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MJ Gleeson (GLE) Competitors

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GBX 332 +2.00 (+0.61%)
As of 09/5/2025 12:26 PM Eastern

GLE vs. MCS, CRST, ABBY, TEF, SPR, WJG, BTRW, BDEV, BKG, and TW

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), The Berkeley Group (BKG), and Taylor Wimpey (TW). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

MJ Gleeson has a consensus price target of GBX 643, suggesting a potential upside of 93.67%. Given MJ Gleeson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 1 more articles in the media than McCarthy & Stone. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 0 mentions for McCarthy & Stone. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 1.11 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 Positive

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£351.73M0.55£20.04M£0.281,176.05

43.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 39.0% 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 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%

Summary

MJ Gleeson beats McCarthy & Stone on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GLE vs. The Competition

MetricMJ GleesonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£193.81M£1.89B£3.97B£2.56B
Dividend Yield3.29%4.18%3.54%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,176.05689.09518.655,361.64
Price / Sales0.5580.71229.5295,775.42
Price / Cash6.065.2031.1627.93
Price / Book0.650.773.577.02
Net Income£20.04M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.35%0.74%0.80%0.62%
1 Month Performance-7.78%0.63%1.45%56.34%
1 Year Performance-41.55%-5.39%36.77%175.09%

MJ Gleeson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLE
MJ Gleeson
3.309 of 5 stars
GBX 332
+0.6%
GBX 643
+93.7%
-41.2%£193.81M£351.73M1,176.05743News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
3.1642 of 5 stars
GBX 159.80
-1.4%
GBX 202.50
+26.7%
-24.7%£409.86M£632.51M-15.39778News Coverage
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 96.15
-0.9%
N/A-12.2%£114.30M£267.18M15.11636News Coverage
WJG
Watkin Jones
N/AGBX 28.36
-0.1%
N/A+9.9%£73.67M£440.07M-2.42727
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
3.3687 of 5 stars
GBX 369.05
-0.3%
GBX 509
+37.9%
N/A£0.00N/A0.006,270News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.504 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 576.67
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.0113 of 5 stars
GBX 3,666
-0.4%
GBX 4,855
+32.4%
-26.1%£3.65B£2.30B9.752,610News Coverage
TW
Taylor Wimpey
4.0798 of 5 stars
GBX 98.68
-0.2%
GBX 143.17
+45.1%
-38.3%£3.55B£3.45B14.401,090News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:GLE) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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