Caffyns (CFYN) Competitors

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

Is INCH or CFYN a better dividend stock?

Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Caffyns pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Inchcape pays out 5,373.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caffyns pays out -2,272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, INCH or CFYN?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INCH or CFYN?

Inchcape received 420 more outperform votes than Caffyns when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.44% of users gave Inchcape an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Caffyns an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inchcape	Outperform Votes 501 74.44%	Underperform Votes 172 25.56%
Caffyns	Outperform Votes 81 65.85%	Underperform Votes 42 34.15%

Which has better valuation and 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	£11.61B	0.27	£279M	£0.67	1,160.54
Caffyns	£262.08M	0.05	-£1.20M	-£0.44	-1,022.73

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of Caffyns shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor INCH or CFYN?

In the previous week, Inchcape had 2 more articles in the media than Caffyns. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Caffyns. Caffyns' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Inchcape's score of 0.37 indicating that Caffyns is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inchcape	Neutral
Caffyns	Positive

Is INCH or CFYN more profitable?

Inchcape has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Caffyns' net margin of -0.46%. Inchcape's return on equity of 19.50% beat Caffyns' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inchcape	2.22%	19.50%	6.35%
Caffyns	-0.46%	-3.99%	0.93%

Do analysts rate INCH or CFYN?

Inchcape currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,090, suggesting a potential upside of 40.18%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Caffyns	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

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