PSN vs. VTY, BDEV, TW, BKG, BWY, RDW, BRBY, KGF, ENT, and HWDN
Should you be buying Persimmon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Persimmon include Vistry Group (VTY), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Taylor Wimpey (TW), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Burberry Group (BRBY), Kingfisher (KGF), Entain (ENT), and Howden Joinery Group (HWDN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Vistry Group (LON:VTY) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Vistry Group had 6 more articles in the media than Persimmon. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vistry Group and 1 mentions for Persimmon. Persimmon's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Vistry Group's score of -0.32 indicating that Vistry Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vistry Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 956, suggesting a potential downside of 26.80%. Persimmon has a consensus price target of GBX 1,300.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.56%. Given Vistry Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Vistry Group.
Vistry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 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.
Persimmon has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 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.
Vistry Group has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
68.7% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Persimmon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Vistry Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Persimmon shares are held by 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.
Summary
Persimmon beats Vistry Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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