Caffyns (CFYN) Competitors

Caffyns (LON:CFYN) and Inchcape (LON:INCH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CFYN or INCH?

17.1% of Caffyns shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Inchcape shares are held by institutional investors. 64.5% of Caffyns shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Inchcape shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CFYN or INCH a better dividend stock?

Caffyns pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Caffyns pays out -2,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inchcape pays out 5,373.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer CFYN or INCH?

Inchcape has a consensus target price of GBX 1,090, suggesting a potential upside of 39.39%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Caffyns.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caffyns	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Inchcape	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CFYN or INCH?

Inchcape received 420 more outperform votes than Caffyns when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.44% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Caffyns an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caffyns	Outperform Votes 81 65.85%	Underperform Votes 42 34.15%
Inchcape	Outperform Votes 501 74.44%	Underperform Votes 172 25.56%

Is CFYN or INCH more profitable?

Inchcape has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Caffyns' net margin of -0.46%. Inchcape's return on equity of 19.50% beat Caffyns' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caffyns	-0.46%	-3.99%	0.93%
Inchcape	2.22%	19.50%	6.35%

Which has more risk & volatility, CFYN or INCH?

Caffyns has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CFYN or INCH?

In the previous week, Caffyns had 1 more articles in the media than Inchcape. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Caffyns and 0 mentions for Inchcape. Caffyns' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Inchcape'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caffyns	Neutral
Inchcape	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CFYN or INCH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Caffyns	£262.08M	0.04	-£1.20M	-£0.44	-909.09
Inchcape	£11.61B	0.27	£279M	£0.67	1,167.16

Summary

Inchcape beats Caffyns on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.