VTY vs. PSN, BDEV, TW, BKG, BWY, RDW, BRBY, KGF, HWDN, and FRAS
Should you be buying Vistry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistry Group include Persimmon (PSN), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Burberry Group (BRBY), Kingfisher (KGF), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), and Frasers Group (FRAS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Persimmon (LON:PSN) and Vistry Group (LON:VTY) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
55.4% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Vistry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Persimmon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Vistry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Persimmon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vistry Group. Persimmon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon received 514 more outperform votes than Vistry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.47% of users gave Vistry Group an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Persimmon pays out 7,594.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistry Group pays out 8,593.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Persimmon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,320.40, suggesting a potential downside of 7.31%. Vistry Group has a consensus target price of GBX 956, suggesting a potential downside of 26.18%. Given Vistry Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
Persimmon has a net margin of 9.21% compared to Persimmon's net margin of 6.27%. Vistry Group's return on equity of 7.45% beat Persimmon's return on equity.
Persimmon has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistry Group has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vistry Group had 1 more articles in the media than Persimmon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vistry Group and 1 mentions for Persimmon. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Vistry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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