PSN vs. VTY, BDEV, TW, BKG, BWY, RDW, BRBY, KGF, FRAS, and HWDN
Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Vistry Group (VTY), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Burberry Group (BRBY), Kingfisher (KGF), Frasers Group (FRAS), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Vistry Group (LON:VTY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Persimmon has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Vistry Group's net margin of 6.27%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.45% beat Vistry Group's return on equity.
Persimmon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vistry Group. Persimmon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistry Group has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Persimmon pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistry Group pays out 8,593.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Persimmon received 514 more outperform votes than Vistry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.95% of users gave Vistry Group an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,320.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.67%. Vistry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 956, indicating a potential downside of 14.18%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
In the previous week, Vistry Group had 2 more articles in the media than Persimmon. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vistry Group and 2 mentions for Persimmon. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Persimmon's score of 0.53 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.6% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Vistry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Vistry Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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