CGS vs. AVG, RNO, MPAC, PHE, ITM, GDWN, DLAR, SRAD, NXR, and GTLY
Should you be buying Castings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castings include Avingtrans (AVG), Renold (RNO), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), ITM Power (ITM), Goodwin (GDWN), De La Rue (DLAR), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Norcros (NXR), and Gateley (GTLY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Castings (LON:CGS) and Avingtrans (LON:AVG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Castings pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avingtrans pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Castings has higher revenue and earnings than Avingtrans. Castings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Castings currently has a consensus price target of GBX 550, indicating a potential upside of 49.46%. Given Castings' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
55.5% of Castings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Avingtrans shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Castings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Avingtrans shares are held 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.
Castings has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avingtrans has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avingtrans received 94 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Castings an outperform vote.
Castings has a net margin of 6.81% compared to Avingtrans' net margin of 4.08%. Castings' return on equity of 12.26% beat Avingtrans' return on equity.
In the previous week, Castings had 1 more articles in the media than Avingtrans. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Castings and 2 mentions for Avingtrans. Avingtrans' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Castings' score of 0.08 indicating that Avingtrans is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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