AFC vs. TFW, XPP, SUP, CWR, LUCE, DIA, DWHT, IKA, DWHA, and GELN
Should you be buying AFC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AFC Energy include FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), Luceco (LUCE), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), 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, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
6.8% of FW Thorpe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.5% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 53.5% of FW Thorpe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 0.76 beat FW Thorpe's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
FW Thorpe beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 15 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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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
