Bellway (BLWYF) and Its Rivals Financial Comparison

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

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Bellway and its rivals, 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	1734	7280	8056	301	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 46.41%. Given Bellway’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bellway has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bellway and its rivals top-line 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	$322.40 million	14.74

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.

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

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

Bellway Company Profile

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.