Redrow (RDW) Competitors

Bellway (LON:BWY) and Redrow (LON:RDW) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, BWY or RDW?

Bellway has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Redrow has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BWY or RDW?

Bellway has higher revenue and earnings than Redrow. Redrow is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	£2.87B	1.05	£219M	£1.80	1,414.44
Redrow	£1.85B	1.15	£208M	£0.64	1,007.03

Do analysts recommend BWY or RDW?

Bellway presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,711.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.49%. Redrow has a consensus target price of GBX 699.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Bellway's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Redrow is more favorable than Bellway.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Redrow	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BWY or RDW?

Bellway received 39 more outperform votes than Redrow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Bellway an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave Redrow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bellway	Outperform Votes 820 70.69%	Underperform Votes 340 29.31%
Redrow	Outperform Votes 781 64.33%	Underperform Votes 433 35.67%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BWY or RDW?

72.4% of Bellway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Redrow shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bellway shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Redrow shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BWY or RDW more profitable?

Redrow has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Redrow's net margin of 7.63%. Bellway's return on equity of 10.56% beat Redrow's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bellway	7.63%	6.33%	4.55%
Redrow	11.23%	10.56%	5.89%

Does the media refer more to BWY or RDW?

In the previous week, Redrow had 3 more articles in the media than Bellway. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Redrow and 0 mentions for Bellway. Redrow's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Bellway's score of 0.54 indicating that Bellway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bellway	Positive
Redrow	Positive

Is BWY or RDW a better dividend stock?

Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Redrow pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bellway pays out 6,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Redrow pays out 3,906.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Bellway beats Redrow on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.