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MJ Gleeson (GLE) Competitors

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GBX 368 +3.00 (+0.82%)
As of 11:54 AM Eastern

GLE vs. MCS, CRST, ABBY, TEF, SPR, WJG, GLV, BDEV, BTRW, 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), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), and Taylor Wimpey (TW). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. McCarthy & Stone pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share. MJ Gleeson pays out 40.6% 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 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
MJ Gleeson5.59% 6.60% 4.73%
McCarthy & Stone N/A N/A N/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MJ Gleeson£365.82M0.59£20.04M£0.271,357.43
McCarthy & Stone£621.43M0.00N/A£5.60N/A

MJ Gleeson presently has a consensus price target of GBX 500, suggesting a potential upside of 35.87%. Given MJ Gleeson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MJ Gleeson is more favorable than McCarthy & Stone.

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

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

In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 7 more articles in the media than McCarthy & Stone. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 0 mentions for McCarthy & Stone. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat McCarthy & Stone's score of 0.00 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MJ Gleeson Positive
McCarthy & Stone Neutral

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

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GLE vs. The Competition

MetricMJ GleesonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£214.82M£1.96B£3.87B£2.61B
Dividend Yield2.88%4.12%3.54%5.28%
P/E Ratio1,357.43784.57626.604,442.02
Price / Sales0.5980.77247.48100,236.46
Price / Cash6.065.2031.1627.90
Price / Book0.720.793.599.02
Net Income£20.04M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.91%-0.60%0.07%0.49%
1 Month Performance9.85%1.53%0.19%5.62%
1 Year Performance-40.45%-6.00%36.06%164.56%

MJ Gleeson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLE
MJ Gleeson
3.6943 of 5 stars
GBX 368
+0.8%
GBX 500
+35.9%
-41.5%£214.82M£365.82M1,357.43743Positive News
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
2.1312 of 5 stars
GBX 164.81
+0.1%
GBX 192.50
+16.8%
-15.1%£422.49M£610.20M-574.25778
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 106
-0.5%
N/A+5.4%£126.19M£250.48M1,448.09636
WJG
Watkin Jones
1.2511 of 5 stars
GBX 33.90
+0.4%
GBX 38
+12.1%
+19.9%£87.01M£316.45M-22,905.41727
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.95
+2.6%
N/A+17.5%£10.42M£1.06B11.54502Gap Up
BDEV
Barratt Developments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
3.6057 of 5 stars
GBX 393.60
+0.2%
GBX 511.83
+30.0%
N/A£5.59B£5.58B3,821.366,270Positive News
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.9627 of 5 stars
GBX 104.55
+1.5%
GBX 138.43
+32.4%
-36.1%£3.76B£3.45B15.251,090High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:GLE) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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