Analyzing United Homes Group (NASDAQ:UHG) & Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYF)

Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYF) and United Homes Group (NASDAQ:UHG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Bellway and United Homes Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	0	0	0	0	N/A
United Homes Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.3% of Bellway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of United Homes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 85.3% of United Homes Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Bellway and United Homes Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bellway	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Homes Group	33.22%	1,013.13%	22.09%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bellway and United Homes Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.56	26.23
United Homes Group	$414.81 million	0.63	$125.06 million	$5.68	0.95

United Homes Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bellway. United Homes Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

United Homes Group beats Bellway on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About United Homes Group

United Homes Group, Inc., a homebuilding company, engages in the design, building, and sale of homes in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. It provides detached single-family houses, as well as attached single-family houses, including duplex and town houses for entry-level buyers, first time move-ups, second time move-ups, third time move-ups, and custom builds. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Chapin, South Carolina.