Bellway (BLWYF) and Its Rivals Head to Head Contrast

Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYF) is one of 149 publicly-traded companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Bellway to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Bellway and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0	0	2	0	3.00
Bellway Competitors	1728	7272	8051	300	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 48.80%. Given Bellway’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bellway has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Bellway and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bellway	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bellway Competitors	-21.28%	-17.52%	1.13%

Dividends

Bellway pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Bellway pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Household Durables” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.4% and pay out 33.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bellway and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	N/A	N/A	14.89
Bellway Competitors	$5.32 billion	$322.27 million	13.60

Bellway’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Bellway. Bellway is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.3% of Bellway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.7% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bellway peers beat Bellway on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Bellway

Bellway p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the home building business in the United Kingdom. The company builds and sells homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to six-bedroom family homes, as well as provides homes to housing associations for social housing. It offers homes under Bellway, Ashberry, and Bellway London brands. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.