GLE vs. SPR, WJG, CRST, CRN, VCP, DFS, VIC, OTB, CARD, and HFD
Should you be buying MJ Gleeson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MJ Gleeson include Springfield Properties (SPR), Watkin Jones (WJG), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Cairn Homes (CRN), Victoria (VCP), DFS Furniture (DFS), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC), On the Beach Group (OTB), Card Factory (CARD), and Halfords Group (HFD). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
MJ Gleeson (LON:GLE) and Springfield Properties (LON:SPR) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
MJ Gleeson has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Springfield Properties has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MJ Gleeson has a net margin of 5.49% compared to Springfield Properties' net margin of 2.82%. MJ Gleeson's return on equity of 6.00% beat Springfield Properties' return on equity.
MJ Gleeson pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Springfield Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. 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. Springfield Properties pays out 8,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Springfield Properties had 22 more articles in the media than MJ Gleeson. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Springfield Properties and 0 mentions for MJ Gleeson. Springfield Properties' average media sentiment score of -0.11 beat MJ Gleeson's score of -0.62 indicating that Springfield Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MJ Gleeson has higher revenue and earnings than Springfield Properties. Springfield Properties 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 317 more outperform votes than Springfield Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.39% of users gave MJ Gleeson an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Springfield Properties an outperform vote.
57.4% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Springfield Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of MJ Gleeson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.1% of Springfield Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MJ Gleeson presently has a consensus target price of GBX 518, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Given MJ Gleeson's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MJ Gleeson is more favorable than Springfield Properties.
Summary
MJ Gleeson beats Springfield Properties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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