VTY vs. PSN, BDEV, TW, BKG, BWY, RDW, BRBY, FRAS, KGF, and HWDN
Should you be buying Vistry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistry Group include Persimmon (PSN), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Burberry Group (BRBY), Frasers Group (FRAS), Kingfisher (KGF), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Vistry Group (LON:VTY) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
82.0% of Vistry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Vistry Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Persimmon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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 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. Persimmon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vistry Group has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 3 more articles in the media than Vistry Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Persimmon and 1 mentions for Vistry Group. Vistry Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Persimmon's score of 0.76 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vistry Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 956, indicating a potential downside of 20.40%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,320.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.48%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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