Head to Head Review: Bellway (BLWYF) and Its Competitors

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

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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Bellway and its rivals’ 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	-21.29%	-17.54%	1.12%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bellway and its rivals 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	$322.40 million	14.79

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Bellway and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0	0	2	0	3.00
Bellway Competitors	1732	7275	8055	301	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 47.44%. Given Bellway’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bellway has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Bellway rivals 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.