Caffyns (CFYN) Competitors

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CFYN or INCH?

Inchcape has a consensus price target of GBX 1,127.67, suggesting a potential upside of 69.83%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	£260.92M	0.05	-£1.20M	-£43.96	-10.24
Inchcape	£10.05B	0.26	£245.92M	£62.59	10.61

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CFYN or INCH?

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

Does the media refer more to CFYN or INCH?

In the previous week, Inchcape had 15 more articles in the media than Caffyns. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Caffyns. Caffyns' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Inchcape's score of -0.10 indicating that Caffyns is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Caffyns	Neutral
Inchcape	Neutral

Is CFYN or INCH 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
Caffyns	-0.46%	-4.05%	0.93%
Inchcape	2.45%	17.60%	6.35%

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

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 5.4%. Caffyns pays out -22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inchcape pays out 57.5% 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.

Summary

Inchcape beats Caffyns on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.