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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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GBX 16.30 +1.48 (+9.99%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

AFC vs. TFW, LUCE, XPP, SUP, CWR, DIA, DWHA, IKA, DWHT, and GELN

Should you be buying AFC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AFC Energy include FW Thorpe (TFW), Luceco (LUCE), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), and Gelion (GELN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

AFC Energy vs. Its Competitors

FW Thorpe (LON:TFW) and AFC Energy (LON:AFC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

FW Thorpe has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. AFC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FW Thorpe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FW Thorpe£176.56M2.33£24.42M£20.6416.91
AFC Energy£497.29K280.48-£22.39M-£2.62-6.23

In the previous week, AFC Energy had 3 more articles in the media than FW Thorpe. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for FW Thorpe. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat FW Thorpe's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FW Thorpe Neutral
AFC Energy Positive

FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

10.9% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.8% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of AFC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 13.83% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -4,502.53%. FW Thorpe's return on equity of 14.28% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FW Thorpe13.83% 14.28% 8.02%
AFC Energy -4,502.53%-71.96%-35.77%

Summary

FW Thorpe beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AFC vs. The Competition

MetricAFC EnergyElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£139.48M£3.39B£7.52B£3.00B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.60%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio-6.2310.2825.17150.83
Price / Sales280.481,794.39117.82314,599.95
Price / Cash3.0312.4127.3627.97
Price / Book5.243.744.404.58
Net Income-£22.39M-£40.66M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.21%-0.73%0.73%11.51%
1 Month Performance-5.56%7.83%4.82%7.91%
1 Year Performance-9.44%6.50%28.08%32.00%

AFC Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 16.30
+10.0%
N/A-7.3%£139.48M£497.29K-6.23120Positive News
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 340
-0.3%
N/A+5.8%£400.57M£176.56M16.47900
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 149
-0.7%
N/A-14.4%£239.55M£227.36M12.561,504
XPP
XP Power
3.2691 of 5 stars
GBX 884
-1.8%
GBX 1,470
+66.3%
-37.6%£213.87M£289.20M-14.622,435Positive News
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 178.50
-1.9%
N/A+2.3%£207.81M£219.82M9.317,800Trending News
CWR
Ceres Power
2.1268 of 5 stars
GBX 99.30
-4.7%
GBX 340
+242.4%
-50.0%£193.57M£39.90M-4.80591
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 185
-2.6%
N/A-1.0%£73.69M£160.31M-3.201,358News Coverage
Positive News
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 549
+4.6%
N/A-16.5%£67.94M£93.67M8.37338Gap Up
High Trading Volume
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 40.20
-0.7%
N/A+45.6%£67.07M£799.03K-13.2572News Coverage
Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 837
-0.1%
N/A-37.7%£55.57M£50.25M6.84338Dividend Increase
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 24.05
+0.7%
N/A+9.5%£30.50MN/A-3.6843Gap Up

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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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