INCH vs. PDG, LOOK, PINE, MMH, VTU, MOTR, CAMB, CFYN, IHG, and NXT
Should you be buying Inchcape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inchcape include Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Marshall Motor (MMH), Vertu Motors (VTU), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), Caffyns (CFYN), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and NEXT (NXT). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Inchcape (LON:INCH) and Pendragon (LON:PDG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Inchcape pays out 5,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pendragon pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Inchcape and Inchcape both had 1 articles in the media. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.8% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of Inchcape shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by company 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.
Inchcape currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,045, indicating a potential upside of 34.06%. Pendragon has a consensus price target of GBX 36, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Given Inchcape's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Pendragon.
Inchcape received 155 more outperform votes than Pendragon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.33% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Pendragon an outperform vote.
Inchcape has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Pendragon's net margin of 1.19%. Inchcape's return on equity of 17.76% beat Pendragon's return on equity.
Inchcape has higher revenue and earnings than Pendragon. Pendragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inchcape, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Inchcape beats Pendragon on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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