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