Head-To-Head Review: Vistry Group (OTCMKTS:BVHMF) & Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH)

Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) and Vistry Group (OTCMKTS:BVHMF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Legacy Housing and Vistry Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legacy Housing	0	4	0	0	2.00
Vistry Group	1	1	2	0	2.25

Legacy Housing currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.98%. Given Legacy Housing’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Legacy Housing is more favorable than Vistry Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.3% of Legacy Housing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Legacy Housing shares are held by company 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Legacy Housing and Vistry Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legacy Housing	$164.57 million	4.10	$41.81 million	$2.17	13.07
Vistry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Legacy Housing has higher revenue and earnings than Vistry Group.

Profitability

This table compares Legacy Housing and Vistry Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legacy Housing	28.56%	9.53%	8.74%
Vistry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Legacy Housing beats Vistry Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Legacy Housing

Legacy Housing Corporation engages in the building, sale, and financing of manufactured homes and tiny houses primarily in the southern United States. It manufactures and provides for the transport of mobile homes, including 1 to 5 bedrooms with 1 to 3 1/2 bathrooms; and provides wholesale financing to dealers and mobile home parks, as well as retail financing to consumers. The company also offers inventory financing for its independent retailers; consumer financing for its products; and financing to manufactured housing community owners that buy or lease its products for use in their rental housing communities. In addition, it involved in financing and developing new manufactured home communities. The company markets its homes under the Legacy brand through a network of independent retailers and company-owned stores; and directly to manufactured home communities. Legacy Housing Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bedford, Texas.

About Vistry Group

Vistry Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a builder of homes in the United Kingdom. The company offers two-bed to four and five-bed family homes. It owns a land bank of 40,218 plots. The company was formerly known as Bovis Homes Group PLC and changed its name to Vistry Group PLC in January 2020. Vistry Group PLC was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in West Malling, the United Kingdom.