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Housing market proving not as bad as feared, says broker, seeing most upside for Vistry, Bellway, Gleeson
Vistry should "hold up better than peers" amid the struggling UK housing market, according to Liberum
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Vistry Group PLC is the new name for Bovis Homes, the UK housebuilder, after it acquired Linden Homes from Galliford Try. With developments from Northumberland to Cornwall and Cheshire to Norfolk, Vistry Group will be delivering around 12,000 private and affordable homes a year across the country, making it one of the top five housebuilders in the UK by volume.
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Vistry should "hold up better than peers" amid the struggling UK housing market, according to Liberum
London stocks are currently on a price/earnings discount to Wall Street of 28% versus a long-term average of 16.7%
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After exceeding internal expectations in the first half, the company reiterated full-year profit guidance
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The City gave a guarded welcome given to the £1.25bn acquisition
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Countryside shareholders will receive 0.255 of a new Vistry share and 60p in cash for each Countryside share
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At the close, the UK blue-chip index was 6.24 points, or 0.1% higher at 7,287.43, just below the session peak of 7,288.46, and well above the day’s low of 7,191.17
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Price rises more than offset cost increases in the first half, the housebuilder said
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The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June this year, which was well above the 250,000 consensus estimate
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Vistra Group PLC reported a significant rise in profit and revenue, as the housebuilder recorded an increase in average sales at the beginning of 2022.
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Like Persimmon, the FTSE 250 housebuilder found the market hard to please, despite an improved performance in the second half of the year
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The broker expects the housebuilder's dividends to increase by 44% in 2021, 16% in 2022 and 3% in 2023
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“We like Vistry for the margin recovery in housebuilding and the potential growth in partnerships," Liberum said in a note.
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Vistry said it has full visibility on material requirements out to the end of 2021
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At the closing bell, the UK blue-chip index was down 37.81 points, or 0.5% at 7,149.37, only just above the session low of 7,147.94
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Morrisons, Vistry and McBride will also drop results
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The partnership is part of Homes England's programme to commit £5.2bn in affordable housing grants for the period 2021-2026 to strategic partners
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“House price inflation is more than offsetting any cost pressure”
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Tracking weekly sales data across each company, the bank has noticed robust trading in both partnerships and housebuilding divisions
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