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MJ Gleeson (GLE) Competitors

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GBX 397 +4.00 (+1.02%)
As of 11:48 AM Eastern

GLE vs. MCS, CRST, ABBY, TEF, SPR, WJG, BTRW, BDEV, PSN, 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), Persimmon (PSN), 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.

MJ Gleeson currently has a consensus price target of GBX 643, indicating a potential upside of 61.96%. Given MJ Gleeson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

58.6% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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£358.44M0.67£20.04M£31.9512.43
McCarthy & Stone£621.43M0.00N/A£5.60N/A

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.

In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 2 more articles in the media than McCarthy & Stone. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 0 mentions for McCarthy & Stone. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 0.34 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 Neutral
McCarthy & Stone Neutral

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

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£240.11M£1.92B£3.31B£2.94B
Dividend Yield2.22%3.80%3.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.4310.7871.37140.04
Price / Sales0.6790.7371.56225,130.30
Price / Cash6.065.2031.1627.99
Price / Book0.780.853.734.60
Net Income£20.04M£521.56M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.39%3.40%2.11%1.09%
1 Month Performance-23.65%1.71%3.03%5.10%
1 Year Performance-22.91%0.76%2,637.53%82.74%

MJ Gleeson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLE
MJ Gleeson
3.8767 of 5 stars
GBX 397
+1.0%
GBX 643
+62.0%
-23.7%£240.11M£358.44M12.43743
MCS
McCarthy & Stone
N/AN/AN/AN/A£644.25M£621.43M21.397,500High Trading Volume
CRST
Crest Nicholson
1.1571 of 5 stars
GBX 185.30
flat
GBX 202.50
+9.3%
-18.9%£475.27M£632.51M-17.84778Gap Up
ABBY
Abbey
N/AN/AN/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228News Coverage
Gap 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 96.25
-0.8%
N/A+8.5%£114.42M£267.18M15.12636
WJG
Watkin Jones
N/AGBX 29.50
flat
GBX 50
+69.5%
-35.7%£76.64M£440.07M-2.52727High Trading Volume
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
N/AGBX 462.40
0.0%
GBX 540
+16.8%
N/A£0.00N/A0.006,270
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.8529 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
PSN
Persimmon
2.1863 of 5 stars
GBX 1,367
+0.3%
GBX 1,520
+11.2%
-0.4%£4.39B£2.92B17.126,180
TW
Taylor Wimpey
3.8891 of 5 stars
GBX 120.35
-0.6%
GBX 158.33
+31.6%
-13.9%£4.33B£3.45B17.561,090High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:GLE) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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