BDEV vs. TW, PSN, VTY, BKG, BWY, RDW, KGF, ENT, HWDN, and SMDS
Should you be buying Barratt Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barratt Developments include Taylor Wimpey (TW), Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Kingfisher (KGF), Entain (ENT), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), and DS Smith (SMDS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) and Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) 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, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Barratt Developments had 1 more articles in the media than Taylor Wimpey. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barratt Developments and 1 mentions for Taylor Wimpey. Barratt Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of -0.06 indicating that Taylor Wimpey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Taylor Wimpey presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.27%. Barratt Developments has a consensus target price of GBX 509.29, suggesting a potential downside of 3.68%. Given Taylor Wimpey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barratt Developments is more favorable than Taylor Wimpey.
Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 9.93% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of 4.98%. Barratt Developments' return on equity of 7.73% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.
68.4% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Barratt Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Barratt Developments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Barratt Developments pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Taylor Wimpey pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barratt Developments pays out 12,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Taylor Wimpey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barratt Developments has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Taylor Wimpey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barratt Developments. Taylor Wimpey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barratt Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Taylor Wimpey received 334 more outperform votes than Barratt Developments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.25% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 72.31% of users gave Barratt Developments an outperform vote.
Summary
Taylor Wimpey beats Barratt Developments on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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