Vertu Motors (VTU) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PDG or VTU?

73.1% of Pendragon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Vertu Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Pendragon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Vertu Motors shares are held by company 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.

Does the media refer more to PDG or VTU?

In the previous week, Pendragon had 1 more articles in the media than Vertu Motors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pendragon and 0 mentions for Vertu Motors. Pendragon's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Vertu Motors' score of 0.00 indicating that Pendragon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pendragon	Positive
Vertu Motors	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, PDG or VTU?

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

Is PDG or VTU a better dividend stock?

Pendragon pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Vertu Motors pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 2,857.1% 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.

Is PDG or VTU more profitable?

Pendragon has a net margin of 1.19% compared to Vertu Motors' net margin of 0.55%. Pendragon's return on equity of 15.86% beat Vertu Motors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pendragon	1.19%	15.86%	4.17%
Vertu Motors	0.55%	7.40%	5.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PDG or VTU?

Vertu Motors received 69 more outperform votes than Pendragon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.30% of users gave Vertu Motors an outperform vote while only 72.67% of users gave Pendragon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pendragon	Outperform Votes 343 72.67%	Underperform Votes 129 27.33%
Vertu Motors	Outperform Votes 412 85.30%	Underperform Votes 71 14.70%

Do analysts recommend PDG or VTU?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pendragon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Vertu Motors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, PDG or VTU?

Pendragon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertu Motors. Vertu Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pendragon, 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
Pendragon	£3.86B	0.16	£46M	£0.03	1,185.00
Vertu Motors	£4.72B	0.04	£25.71M	£0.07	838.57

Summary

Vertu Motors beats Pendragon on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.