Caffyns (CFYN) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CFYN or INCH?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caffyns	Neutral
Inchcape	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	0.05	-£1.20M	-£0.44	-1,022.73
Inchcape	£11.61B	0.27	£279M	£0.67	1,144.03

Is CFYN or INCH a better dividend stock?

Caffyns pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CFYN or INCH?

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

Do institutionals & 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Do analysts rate CFYN or INCH?

Inchcape has a consensus price target of GBX 1,090, suggesting a potential upside of 42.20%. 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

Summary

Inchcape beats Caffyns on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.