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Watkin Jones (WJG) Competitors

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GBX 37.33 -1.27 (-3.30%)
As of 08:23 AM Eastern

WJG vs. ABBY, GLE, TEF, SPR, BTRW, BDEV, PSN, TW, BKG, and BWY

Should you be buying Watkin Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watkin Jones include Abbey (ABBY), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Telford Homes (TEF), Springfield Properties (SPR), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), and Bellway (BWY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.

Watkin Jones vs.

Abbey (LON:ABBY) and Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Watkin Jones has a consensus price target of GBX 50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.95%. Given Watkin Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than Abbey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abbey
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Watkin Jones
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

56.3% of Watkin Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Watkin Jones shares are held 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, Abbey had 14 more articles in the media than Watkin Jones. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Abbey and 0 mentions for Watkin Jones. Abbey's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Watkin Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Abbey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abbey Neutral
Watkin Jones Neutral

Abbey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Watkin Jones. Watkin Jones is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abbey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abbey£192.13M0.00N/A£125.10N/A
Watkin Jones£440.07M0.22-£30.76M-£11.70-3.19

Abbey has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Watkin Jones' net margin of -6.99%. Abbey's return on equity of 0.00% beat Watkin Jones' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AbbeyN/A N/A N/A
Watkin Jones -6.99%-22.95%-5.63%

Watkin Jones received 190 more outperform votes than Abbey when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.84% of users gave Abbey an outperform vote while only 73.80% of users gave Watkin Jones an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AbbeyOutperform Votes
103
79.84%
Underperform Votes
26
20.16%
Watkin JonesOutperform Votes
293
73.80%
Underperform Votes
104
26.20%

Summary

Abbey beats Watkin Jones on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WJG vs. The Competition

MetricWatkin JonesResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£96.97M£2.51B£3.34B£2.65B
Dividend Yield11.20%3.67%3.49%5.05%
P/E Ratio-3.199.9989.53134.23
Price / Sales0.2284.3766.72226,037.97
Price / Cash5.245.4031.0728.02
Price / Book0.720.883.743.78
Net Income-£30.76M£531.33M£262.99M£5.88B
7 Day Performance1.98%0.66%0.00%0.36%
1 Month Performance15.56%3.15%29.16%21.79%
1 Year Performance-26.67%58.72%2,598.83%120.75%

Watkin Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJG
Watkin Jones
N/AGBX 37.33
-3.3%
GBX 50
+34.0%
-23.6%£96.97M£440.07M-3.19727
ABBY
Abbey
N/AN/AN/AN/A£334.03M£192.13M12.79228News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GLE
MJ Gleeson
2.0653 of 5 stars
GBX 512
+0.4%
GBX 643
+25.6%
-5.4%£309.66M£358.44M16.03743High Trading Volume
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
SPR
Springfield Properties
N/AGBX 94.50
-2.1%
N/A+0.4%£112.34M£267.18M14.85636
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
N/AGBX 463.80
+0.7%
GBX 540
+16.4%
N/A£0.00N/A0.006,270
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.6465 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 572.50
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
PSN
Persimmon
2.0739 of 5 stars
GBX 1,366
+1.6%
GBX 1,520
+11.3%
-6.1%£4.39B£2.92B17.106,180
TW
Taylor Wimpey
2.9574 of 5 stars
GBX 117.15
-0.2%
GBX 158.33
+35.2%
-19.2%£4.21B£3.45B17.091,090High Trading Volume
BKG
The Berkeley Group
1.7649 of 5 stars
GBX 4,211.46
+0.6%
GBX 4,700
+11.6%
-20.3%£4.20B£2.30B11.202,610
BWY
Bellway
2.1027 of 5 stars
GBX 2,740
+1.6%
GBX 3,204.20
+16.9%
-1.3%£3.22B£2.34B24.892,979News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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