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Persimmon (PSN) Competitors

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GBX 1,186.50 -11.50 (-0.96%)
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PSN vs. AVST, BLND, TEM, RMG, VTY, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, and YOU

Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Avast (AVST), British Land (BLND), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Royal Mail (RMG), Vistry Group (VTY), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Persimmon vs. Its Competitors

Avast (LON:AVST) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Persimmon has a net margin of 8.84% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.51% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvastN/A N/A N/A
Persimmon 8.84%7.51%8.28%

Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,447.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.00%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Avast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avast
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Persimmon
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

59.0% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Persimmon has higher revenue and earnings than Avast. Avast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A
Persimmon£2.92B1.31£257.98M£79.8714.86

In the previous week, Avast and Avast both had 2 articles in the media. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Avast's score of 0.12 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avast
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Persimmon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Persimmon pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Persimmon beats Avast on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricPersimmonResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.81B£1.80B£3.53B£3.02B
Dividend Yield0.05%3.80%3.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio14.8610.1070.70160.63
Price / Sales1.3185.8670.80278,114.25
Price / Cash5.235.2031.1627.97
Price / Book1.110.813.714.69
Net Income£257.98M£521.56M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.85%0.48%0.88%0.28%
1 Month Performance-13.19%-3.49%3.13%8.61%
1 Year Performance-22.58%-7.68%18.24%78.50%

Persimmon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Persimmon
2.0617 of 5 stars
GBX 1,186.50
-1.0%
GBX 1,447.50
+22.0%
-21.3%£3.81B£2.92B14.866,180
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
BLND
British Land
4.1516 of 5 stars
GBX 362.02
+0.2%
GBX 480
+32.6%
-7.4%£3.61B£533.92M3.931,690Positive News
Insider Trade
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 195.69
-0.6%
N/A+21.0%£2.05B£160.96M15.69N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
1.9565 of 5 stars
GBX 601.78
-1.8%
GBX 631
+4.9%
-53.6%£1.97B£3.55B8.004,400
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.4308 of 5 stars
GBX 194.60
-0.4%
GBX 236
+21.3%
+11.3%£1.40B£561.21M105.201,526
GEN
Genuit Group
N/AGBX 399
-0.9%
GBX 520
+30.3%
-15.7%£989.64M£553.28M41.862,700
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.7278 of 5 stars
GBX 78.60
-0.8%
GBX 6,000
+7,533.6%
+19.2%£763.02M£874.20M11.14890Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
2.0781 of 5 stars
GBX 224
-0.2%
GBX 215
-4.0%
+57.9%£530.37M£1.45B18.115,930News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
YOU
YouGov
2.8399 of 5 stars
GBX 315.50
-0.6%
GBX 760
+140.9%
-28.8%£369.18M£335.28M-160.791,820Trending News

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