INCH vs. PDG, LOOK, PINE, MMH, VTU, MOTR, CAMB, CFYN, SKG, and SMDS
Should you be buying Inchcape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inchcape include Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Marshall Motor (MMH), Vertu Motors (VTU), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), Caffyns (CFYN), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), and DS Smith (SMDS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Inchcape vs. Its Competitors
Pendragon (LON:PDG) and Inchcape (LON:INCH) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Inchcape shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Inchcape has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Pendragon's net margin of 1.19%. Inchcape's return on equity of 17.60% beat Pendragon's return on equity.
Inchcape has higher revenue and earnings than Pendragon. Pendragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inchcape, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 28.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Pendragon pays out 3,333.3% 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 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inchcape is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Inchcape had 14 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Inchcape has a consensus price target of GBX 988.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.58%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Pendragon.
Summary
Inchcape beats Pendragon on 14 of the 17 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:INCH) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
