INCH vs. PINE, PDG, LOOK, 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 Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), 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
Inchcape (LON:INCH) and Pinewood Technologies Group (LON:PINE) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and valuation.
Inchcape has higher revenue and earnings than Pinewood Technologies Group. Inchcape is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinewood Technologies Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinewood Technologies Group has a net margin of 167.76% compared to Inchcape's net margin of 2.45%. Inchcape's return on equity of 17.60% beat Pinewood Technologies Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Inchcape had 4 more articles in the media than Pinewood Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Inchcape and 2 mentions for Pinewood Technologies Group. Inchcape's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Pinewood Technologies Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Inchcape is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Inchcape presently has a consensus target price of GBX 985.25, indicating a potential upside of 45.75%. Pinewood Technologies Group has a consensus target price of GBX 590, indicating a potential upside of 11.06%. Given Inchcape's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Inchcape is more favorable than Pinewood Technologies Group.
Inchcape has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinewood Technologies Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.5% of Inchcape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of Pinewood Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Inchcape shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.4% of Pinewood Technologies Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Inchcape beats Pinewood Technologies Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:INCH) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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