INCH vs. PDG, LOOK, MMH, PINE, 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), Marshall Motor (MMH), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
61.8% of Inchcape shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Pendragon shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of Inchcape shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Pendragon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Inchcape presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,045, suggesting a potential upside of 31.28%. Pendragon has a consensus target price of GBX 36, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Pendragon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pendragon is more favorable than Inchcape.
Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. 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.
Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Inchcape had 5 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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 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.
Summary
Inchcape beats Pendragon on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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