SUP vs. AFC, DIA, LUCE, IKA, XPP, PPS, CWR, TFW, VLX, and CGS
Should you be buying Supreme stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Supreme include AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Luceco (LUCE), Ilika (IKA), XP Power (XPP), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Ceres Power (CWR), FW Thorpe (TFW), Volex (VLX), and Castings (CGS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Supreme (LON:SUP) and AFC Energy (LON:AFC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Supreme had 69 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Supreme and 3 mentions for AFC Energy. Supreme's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat AFC Energy's score of 0.40 indicating that Supreme is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Supreme has a net margin of 9.16% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Supreme's return on equity of 45.59% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.
Supreme currently has a consensus target price of GBX 205, indicating a potential upside of 54.11%. Given AFC Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Supreme.
AFC Energy received 160 more outperform votes than Supreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Supreme an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.
Supreme has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. AFC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Supreme, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Supreme has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.0% of Supreme shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.9% of Supreme shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AFC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Supreme beats AFC Energy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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