INCH vs. BWY, GAW, FRAS, BRBY, JET2, GRG, TUI, RDW, VTY, and JET
Should you be buying Inchcape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inchcape include Bellway (BWY), Games Workshop Group (GAW), Frasers Group (FRAS), Burberry Group (BRBY), Jet2 (JET2), Greggs (GRG), TUI (TUI), Redrow (RDW), Vistry Group (VTY), and Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Bellway (LON:BWY) and Inchcape (LON:INCH) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
75.6% of Bellway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Bellway shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Inchcape shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Bellway had 1 more articles in the media than Inchcape. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bellway and 2 mentions for Inchcape. Bellway's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Inchcape's score of 0.37 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inchcape has higher revenue and earnings than Bellway. Inchcape is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bellway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bellway received 322 more outperform votes than Inchcape when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.33% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 70.69% of users gave Bellway an outperform vote.
Bellway has a net margin of 7.63% compared to Bellway's net margin of 2.36%. Bellway's return on equity of 17.76% beat Inchcape's return on equity.
Bellway pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Bellway pays out 6,166.7% 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 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. Inchcape is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bellway has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bellway currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,715, suggesting a potential upside of 0.56%. Inchcape has a consensus price target of GBX 1,045, suggesting a potential upside of 26.51%. Given Bellway's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Bellway.
Summary
Inchcape beats Bellway on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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