VTU vs. PDG, LOOK, MMH, PINE, MOTR, CAMB, CFYN, INCH, JDW, and MCS
Should you be buying Vertu Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertu Motors include Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), Marshall Motor (MMH), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), Caffyns (CFYN), Inchcape (INCH), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), and McCarthy & Stone (MCS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Vertu Motors vs.
Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) and Pendragon (LON:PDG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
55.4% of Vertu Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Pendragon shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Vertu Motors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Pendragon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pendragon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertu Motors. Pendragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertu Motors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vertu Motors had 1 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vertu Motors and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Vertu Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Vertu Motors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vertu Motors received 69 more outperform votes than Pendragon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.30% of users gave Vertu Motors an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Pendragon an outperform vote.
Vertu Motors pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Vertu Motors pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Vertu Motors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pendragon has a net margin of 1.19% compared to Vertu Motors' net margin of 0.40%. Pendragon's return on equity of 15.86% beat Vertu Motors' return on equity.
Vertu Motors has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vertu Motors beats Pendragon on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:VTU) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
