RDW vs. BKG, TW, BDEV, PSN, VTY, BWY, CRN, MCS, CRST, and ABBY
Should you be buying Redrow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Redrow include The Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), Bellway (BWY), Cairn Homes (CRN), McCarthy & Stone (MCS), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Abbey (ABBY). These companies are all part of the "residential construction" industry.
Redrow (LON:RDW) and The Berkeley Group (LON:BKG) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
The Berkeley Group has higher revenue and earnings than Redrow. Redrow is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Berkeley Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.0% of Redrow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Redrow shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of The Berkeley Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Redrow pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Berkeley Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. 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.
Redrow received 162 more outperform votes than The Berkeley Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.95% of users gave The Berkeley Group an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave Redrow an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Redrow and Redrow both had 3 articles in the media. Redrow's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat The Berkeley Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Redrow is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Redrow currently has a consensus target price of GBX 699.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. The Berkeley Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,614.86, indicating a potential downside of 11.93%. Given Redrow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Redrow is more favorable than The Berkeley Group.
Redrow has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Berkeley Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Berkeley Group has a net margin of 17.92% compared to Redrow's net margin of 11.23%. The Berkeley Group's return on equity of 13.75% beat Redrow's return on equity.
Summary
The Berkeley Group beats Redrow on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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