Reviewing Taylor Wimpey (TWODF) and Its Peers

Taylor Wimpey (OTCMKTS:TWODF) is one of 149 public companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Taylor Wimpey to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Wimpey	N/A	N/A	N/A
Taylor Wimpey Competitors	-21.29%	-17.54%	1.12%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Taylor Wimpey and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Wimpey	3	1	2	0	1.83
Taylor Wimpey Competitors	1732	7275	8056	301	2.40

As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 47.46%. Given Taylor Wimpey’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taylor Wimpey has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Taylor Wimpey pays out 7.9% 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Taylor Wimpey	N/A	N/A	12.68
Taylor Wimpey Competitors	$5.32 billion	$322.40 million	14.44

Taylor Wimpey’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Taylor Wimpey. Taylor Wimpey 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.9% of Taylor Wimpey 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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Taylor Wimpey peers beat Taylor Wimpey on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Taylor Wimpey

Taylor Wimpey plc operates as a homebuilder in the United Kingdom and Spain. It builds and delivers various homes and communities. Taylor Wimpey plc was incorporated in 1935 and is based in High Wycombe, the United Kingdom.