Inchcape (INCH) Competitors

Pendragon (LON:PDG) 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 earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PDG or INCH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pendragon	£3.86B	0.00	£46M	£0.03	N/A
Inchcape	£10.05B	0.27	£245.92M	£62.59	11.05

Do analysts rate PDG or INCH?

Inchcape has a consensus target price of GBX 1,138, suggesting a potential upside of 64.57%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Pendragon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pendragon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Inchcape	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDG or INCH?

Inchcape received 160 more outperform votes than Pendragon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.41% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Pendragon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pendragon	Outperform Votes 343 72.67%	Underperform Votes 129 27.33%
Inchcape	Outperform Votes 503 74.41%	Underperform Votes 173 25.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, PDG or INCH?

Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PDG or INCH a better dividend stock?

Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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 pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inchcape is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer PDG or INCH?

In the previous week, Inchcape had 1 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Pendragon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Inchcape's score of -0.18 indicating that Pendragon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pendragon	Neutral
Inchcape	Neutral

Is PDG or INCH more profitable?

Inchcape has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Pendragon's net margin of 1.19%. Inchcape's return on equity of 17.60% beat Pendragon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pendragon	1.19%	15.86%	4.17%
Inchcape	2.45%	17.60%	6.35%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PDG or INCH?

73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Inchcape shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Inchcape beats Pendragon on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.