BRBY vs. PSN, VTY, BDEV, FRAS, KGF, TW, HWDN, SMDS, INCH, and GAW
Should you be buying Burberry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burberry Group include Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Frasers Group (FRAS), Kingfisher (KGF), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), DS Smith (SMDS), Inchcape (INCH), and Games Workshop Group (GAW). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Burberry Group received 17 more outperform votes than Persimmon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.95% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote while only 45.05% of users gave Burberry Group an outperform vote.
Burberry Group has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Burberry Group's net margin of 9.21%. Persimmon's return on equity of 34.52% beat Burberry Group's return on equity.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burberry Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,320.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.48%. Burberry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,827.71, indicating a potential upside of 60.05%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burberry Group is more favorable than Persimmon.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Burberry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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. Burberry Group pays out 5,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Burberry Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Burberry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Persimmon. Burberry Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 2 more articles in the media than Burberry Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Persimmon and 2 mentions for Burberry Group. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Burberry Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Burberry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.6% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.5% of Burberry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Persimmon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Burberry Group 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.
Summary
Burberry Group beats Persimmon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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