Redrow (RDW) Competitors

Redrow (LON:RDW) and Bellway (LON:BWY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Is RDW or BWY a better dividend stock?

Redrow pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Redrow pays out 3,906.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bellway pays out 6,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RDW or BWY?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Redrow	£1.85B	1.14	£208M	£0.64	997.66
Bellway	£2.87B	1.03	£219M	£1.80	1,377.78

Which has more risk & volatility, RDW or BWY?

Redrow has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bellway has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RDW or BWY?

Redrow currently has a consensus target price of GBX 699.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Bellway has a consensus target price of GBX 2,711.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Redrow's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Redrow is more favorable than Bellway.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Redrow	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Bellway	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer RDW or BWY?

In the previous week, Bellway had 1 more articles in the media than Redrow. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bellway and 0 mentions for Redrow. Redrow's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Bellway's score of 0.30 indicating that Redrow is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Redrow	Positive
Bellway	Neutral

Is RDW or BWY more profitable?

Redrow has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Bellway's net margin of 7.63%. Redrow's return on equity of 10.56% beat Bellway's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Redrow	11.23%	10.56%	5.89%
Bellway	7.63%	6.33%	4.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDW or BWY?

Bellway received 39 more outperform votes than Redrow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Bellway an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave Redrow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Redrow	Outperform Votes 781 64.33%	Underperform Votes 433 35.67%
Bellway	Outperform Votes 820 70.69%	Underperform Votes 340 29.31%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RDW or BWY?

63.5% of Redrow shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Bellway shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Redrow shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bellway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bellway beats Redrow on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.