VTU vs. PDG, LOOK, PINE, MMH, MOTR, CAMB, CFYN, INCH, AML, and XPS
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), Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML), and XPS Pensions Group (XPS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Vertu Motors vs. Its Competitors
Vertu Motors (LON:VTU) and Pendragon (LON:PDG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
31.8% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Vertu Motors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of Pendragon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vertu Motors pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Vertu Motors pays out 47.1% 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. Vertu Motors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
Vertu Motors has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% 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.
In the previous week, Vertu Motors had 4 more articles in the media than Pendragon. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vertu Motors and 0 mentions for Pendragon. Vertu Motors' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Pendragon's score of 0.00 indicating that Vertu Motors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pendragon has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Vertu Motors beats Pendragon on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VTU) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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