PSN vs. AVST, RMG, TEM, GEN, SPT, DOCS, YOU, CNIC, API, and SLP
Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Avast (AVST), Royal Mail (RMG), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Genuit Group (GEN), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), CentralNic Group (CNIC), abrdn Property Income Trust (API), and Sylvania Platinum (SLP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Persimmon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,510, indicating a potential downside of 3.21%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Avast.
Persimmon has higher revenue and earnings than Avast. Persimmon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.2% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 5 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Persimmon and 2 mentions for Avast. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Avast's score of -0.49 indicating that Persimmon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Persimmon pays out 7,594.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avast pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Persimmon has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.45% beat Avast's return on equity.
Persimmon received 452 more outperform votes than Avast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.02% of users gave Avast an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Summary
Persimmon beats Avast on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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