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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
56.3% of Watkin Jones shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Watkin Jones shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Watkin Jones has a consensus price target of GBX 50, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Given Watkin Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Watkin Jones is more favorable than Telford Homes.
In the previous week, Telford Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Watkin Jones'average media sentiment score.
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.
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.
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 21.1%. 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.
Summary
Watkin Jones beats Telford Homes on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:WJG) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
