Free Trial

Watkin Jones (WJG) Competitors

Watkin Jones logo
GBX 28.25 +0.45 (+1.62%)
As of 11:57 AM Eastern

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

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

Watkin Jones vs. Its Competitors

Telford Homes (LON:TEF) and Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Telford Homes£336.12M0.00N/A£44.50N/A
Watkin Jones£440.07M0.17-£30.76M-£11.70-2.42

In the previous week, Telford Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Watkin Jones'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Telford Homes Neutral
Watkin Jones Neutral

Telford Homes pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. Watkin Jones pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.2%. Telford Homes pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watkin Jones pays out -51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Watkin Jones is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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

Summary

Telford Homes and Watkin Jones tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Watkin Jones News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WJG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WJG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

WJG vs. The Competition

MetricWatkin JonesResidential Construction IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£73.39M£1.75B£3.47B£3.09B
Dividend Yield11.20%3.80%3.55%5.03%
P/E Ratio-2.429.7969.56173.62
Price / Sales0.1783.6268.89289,767.25
Price / Cash5.245.2031.1627.94
Price / Book0.550.793.675.06
Net Income-£30.76M£521.56M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance6.20%1.48%0.71%-0.02%
1 Month Performance3.67%-0.84%-0.75%3.62%
1 Year Performance-42.35%-6.13%36.96%58.23%

Watkin Jones Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WJG
Watkin Jones
N/AGBX 28.25
+1.6%
N/A-45.4%£73.39M£440.07M-2.42727
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
GLE
MJ Gleeson
3.9109 of 5 stars
GBX 355
flat
GBX 643
+81.1%
-40.3%£214.71M£358.44M11.11743
SPR
Springfield Properties
N/AGBX 100.46
+0.5%
N/A+2.1%£119.42M£267.18M15.78636
BTRW
Barratt Redrow
N/AGBX 374.90
+0.0%
GBX 520.25
+38.8%
N/A£0.00N/A0.006,270
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.4462 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 576.67
+∞
N/A£6.94B£4.17B4,017.506,728
PSN
Persimmon
2.627 of 5 stars
GBX 1,162
+0.9%
GBX 1,447.50
+24.6%
-28.2%£3.73B£2.92B14.556,180
TW
Taylor Wimpey
4.3535 of 5 stars
GBX 101.90
+0.8%
GBX 143.17
+40.5%
-35.7%£3.66B£3.45B14.871,090High Trading Volume
BKG
The Berkeley Group
3.351 of 5 stars
GBX 3,664
+0.5%
GBX 4,800
+31.0%
-25.3%£3.65B£2.30B9.742,610News Coverage
Positive News
BWY
Bellway
3.0106 of 5 stars
GBX 2,492
-0.2%
GBX 3,239.33
+30.0%
-11.3%£2.93B£2.34B22.642,979News Coverage
Gap Up
RDW
Redrow
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.58B£1.85B1,217.19610High Trading Volume

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners