Caffyns (CFYN) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has more volatility & risk, INCH or CFYN?

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

Does the media prefer INCH or CFYN?

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. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Caffyns' score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inchcape	Neutral
Caffyns	Neutral

Is INCH or CFYN a better dividend stock?

Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Caffyns pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Inchcape pays out 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caffyns pays out -22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate INCH or CFYN?

Inchcape presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,127.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.02%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Caffyns.

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, INCH or CFYN?

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
Inchcape	£10.05B	0.27	£245.92M	£62.59	10.98
Caffyns	£260.92M	0.05	-£1.20M	-£43.96	-10.24

Is INCH or CFYN more profitable?

Inchcape has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Caffyns' net margin of -0.46%. Inchcape's return on equity of 17.60% beat Caffyns' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inchcape	2.45%	17.60%	6.35%
Caffyns	-0.46%	-4.05%	0.93%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INCH or CFYN?

Inchcape received 423 more outperform votes than Caffyns when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.45% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Caffyns an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inchcape	Outperform Votes 504 74.45%	Underperform Votes 173 25.55%
Caffyns	Outperform Votes 81 65.85%	Underperform Votes 42 34.15%

Summary

Inchcape beats Caffyns on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.