WJG vs. ABBY, TEF, GLE, SPR, GLV, BDEV, BTRW, TW, BKG, and PSN
Should you be buying Watkin Jones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watkin Jones include Abbey (ABBY), Telford Homes (TEF), MJ Gleeson (GLE), Springfield Properties (SPR), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), and Persimmon (PSN). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Watkin Jones vs. Its Competitors
Abbey (LON:ABBY) and Watkin Jones (LON:WJG) are both small-cap residential construction industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Abbey had 7 more articles in the media than Watkin Jones. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Abbey and 0 mentions for Watkin Jones. Abbey's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Watkin Jones' score of 0.00 indicating that Abbey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Watkin Jones has a consensus target price of GBX 38, indicating a potential upside of 15.48%. Given Watkin Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than Abbey.
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.
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.
34.6% of Watkin Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Watkin Jones shares are held by 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
Abbey beats Watkin Jones on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
