PSN vs. AVST, BLND, RMG, VTY, TEM, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, and CNIC
Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Avast (AVST), British Land (BLND), Royal Mail (RMG), Vistry Group (VTY), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), and CentralNic Group (CNIC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Persimmon vs.
Avast (LON:AVST) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
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.
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 4.6%. 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.
59.0% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Persimmon received 453 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 55.02% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Persimmon and 0 mentions for Avast. Avast's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Persimmon'saverage media sentiment score.
Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Given Persimmon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Avast.
Summary
Persimmon beats Avast on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PSN) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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