Inchcape (INCH) Competitors

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

Is INCH or PDG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inchcape	2.45%	17.60%	6.35%
Pendragon	1.19%	15.86%	4.17%

Do analysts prefer INCH or PDG?

Inchcape presently has a consensus target price of GBX 985.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.46%. Given Inchcape's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Pendragon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inchcape	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Pendragon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor INCH or PDG?

In the previous week, Inchcape had 5 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Inchcape and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inchcape	Positive
Pendragon	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, INCH or PDG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inchcape	£8.86B	0.28	£245.92M	£1.05	649.52
Pendragon	£3.86B	0.00	£46M	£0.03	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, INCH or PDG?

Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is INCH or PDG a better dividend stock?

Inchcape pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Inchcape pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

64.5% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Inchcape shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Inchcape beats Pendragon on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.