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Vertu Motors (VTU) Competitors

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GBX 58.70 -1.20 (-2.00%)
As of 10/8/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

VTU vs. PDG, LOOK, PINE, MMH, MOTR, CAMB, CFYN, INCH, MOON, and JDW

Should you be buying Vertu Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertu Motors include Pendragon (PDG), Lookers (LOOK), Pinewood Technologies Group (PINE), Marshall Motor (MMH), Motorpoint Group (MOTR), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), Caffyns (CFYN), Inchcape (INCH), Moonpig Group (MOON), and J D Wetherspoon (JDW). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

Vertu Motors vs. Its Competitors

Pendragon (LON:PDG) and Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Vertu Motors pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Vertu Motors pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vertu Motors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Pendragon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertu Motors. Pendragon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertu Motors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pendragon£3.86B0.00£46M£0.03N/A
Vertu Motors£4.76B0.04£18.65M£0.051,150.98

Pendragon has a net margin of 1.19% compared to Vertu Motors' net margin of 0.40%. Pendragon's return on equity of 15.86% beat Vertu Motors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pendragon1.19% 15.86% 4.17%
Vertu Motors 0.40%5.37%5.13%

73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Vertu Motors had 13 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vertu Motors and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Vertu Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Vertu Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pendragon Neutral
Vertu Motors Positive

Pendragon has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertu Motors has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vertu Motors beats Pendragon on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VTU vs. The Competition

MetricVertu MotorsAuto & Truck Dealerships IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£183.04M£688.65M£3.83B£2.62B
Dividend Yield3.37%2.53%3.54%5.28%
P/E Ratio1,150.98910.01626.604,442.02
Price / Sales0.0410.30247.48100,236.47
Price / Cash2.079.5031.1627.90
Price / Book0.541.613.609.02
Net Income£18.65M£41.67M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.55%0.54%0.07%0.43%
1 Month Performance-4.55%-3.51%0.24%5.55%
1 Year Performance-1.89%29.61%35.87%161.67%

Vertu Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTU
Vertu Motors
N/AGBX 58.70
-2.0%
N/A-1.5%£183.04M£4.76B1,150.987,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PDG
Pendragon
N/AN/AN/AN/A£618.57M£3.86B1,185.005,334
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
PINE
Pinewood Technologies Group
2.7977 of 5 stars
GBX 412
-0.7%
GBX 700
+69.9%
+31.0%£471.65M£3.86B660.265,334Gap Up
MMH
Marshall Motor
N/AN/AN/AN/A£322.87M£2.59B6.383,691
MOTR
Motorpoint Group
N/AGBX 158.50
-0.9%
N/A-1.9%£130.19M£1.17B4,402.78693High Trading Volume
CAMB
Cambria Automobiles
N/AN/AN/AN/A£82.50M£475.68M7.571,014
CFYN
Caffyns
N/AGBX 455
-9.0%
N/A+21.1%£12.41M£275.46M7,109.38455Gap Up
INCH
Inchcape
3.6962 of 5 stars
GBX 700.44
+1.1%
GBX 985.25
+40.7%
-5.3%£2.58B£8.86B667.0918,000Gap Down
MOON
Moonpig Group
2.2076 of 5 stars
GBX 227
+0.0%
GBX 300.33
+32.3%
+1.6%£736.86M£350.07M-7,093.78730Dividend Announcement
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.4253 of 5 stars
GBX 663.50
-2.6%
GBX 490
-26.1%
-12.5%£699.37M£2.07B1,300.9841,754News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (LON:VTU) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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