GLE vs. CRN, CRST, MCS, ABBY, TEF, WJG, SPR, GLV, TW, and BKG
Should you be buying MJ Gleeson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MJ Gleeson include Cairn Homes (CRN), Crest Nicholson (CRST), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Abbey (ABBY), Telford Homes (TEF), Watkin Jones (WJG), Springfield Properties (SPR), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), and The Berkeley Group (BKG). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) and Cairn Homes (LON:CRN) 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 valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, MJ Gleeson had 3 more articles in the media than Cairn Homes. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MJ Gleeson and 5 mentions for Cairn Homes. MJ Gleeson's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Cairn Homes' score of 0.30 indicating that MJ Gleeson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cairn Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. MJ Gleeson pays out 4,482.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cairn Homes pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cairn Homes has a net margin of 12.81% compared to MJ Gleeson's net margin of 5.49%. Cairn Homes' return on equity of 11.32% beat MJ Gleeson's return on equity.
Cairn Homes has higher revenue and earnings than MJ Gleeson. Cairn Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MJ Gleeson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MJ Gleeson received 236 more outperform votes than Cairn Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.24% of users gave Cairn Homes an outperform vote while only 69.39% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote.
MJ Gleeson currently has a consensus target price of GBX 518, indicating a potential downside of 10.07%. Cairn Homes has a consensus target price of GBX 165, indicating a potential upside of 3.25%. Given Cairn Homes' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cairn Homes is more favorable than MJ Gleeson.
MJ Gleeson has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cairn Homes has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.4% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of MJ Gleeson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Cairn Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cairn Homes beats MJ Gleeson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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