CFYN vs. INCH, PDG, LOOK, PINE, MMH, VTU, MOTR, CAMB, PROC, and CFX
Should you be buying Caffyns stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caffyns include Inchcape (INCH), Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Marshall Motor (MMH), Vertu Motors (VTU), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), ProCook Group (PROC), and Colefax Group (CFX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Caffyns vs. Its Competitors
Caffyns (LON:CFYN) and Inchcape (LON:INCH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
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.
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 1.27 beat Caffyns' score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Caffyns pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of Inchcape shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Inchcape has a consensus price target of GBX 1,007, indicating a potential upside of 50.86%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Caffyns.
Summary
Inchcape beats Caffyns on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CFYN) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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