Bellway (BLWYF) and Its Competitors Financial Contrast

Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYF) is one of 150 publicly-traded companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Bellway to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 4.3% and pay out 33.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bellway and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	N/A	N/A	14.89
Bellway Competitors	$5.32 billion	$322.27 million	26.49

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Bellway and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0	0	2	0	3.00
Bellway Competitors	1722	7266	8043	300	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 47.24%. Given Bellway’s peers higher possible 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	-21.27%	-17.43%	1.18%

Summary

Bellway peers beat Bellway on 8 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.