BKG vs. TW, BDEV, PSN, VTY, BWY, RDW, CRN, MCS, CRST, and ABBY
Should you be buying The Berkeley Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Berkeley Group include Taylor Wimpey (TW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Bellway (BWY), Redrow (RDW), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
The Berkeley Group (LON:BKG) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, The Berkeley Group had 1 more articles in the media than Taylor Wimpey. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Berkeley Group and 2 mentions for Taylor Wimpey. Taylor Wimpey's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat The Berkeley Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Taylor Wimpey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Berkeley Group has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of 9.93%. The Berkeley Group's return on equity of 13.75% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.
The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Berkeley Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Taylor Wimpey. The Berkeley Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Taylor Wimpey received 825 more outperform votes than The Berkeley Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.25% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 67.95% of users gave The Berkeley Group an outperform vote.
The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. The Berkeley Group pays out 2,185.3% 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 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.
The Berkeley Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,614.86, indicating a potential downside of 11.93%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus target price of GBX 135.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Taylor Wimpey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than The Berkeley Group.
Summary
The Berkeley Group beats Taylor Wimpey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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