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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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GBX 7.72 +0.08 (+1.05%)
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AFC vs. LUCE, SUP, XPP, CWR, DWHT, DWHA, IKA, DIA, EAAS, and GELN

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

AFC Energy vs.

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

In the previous week, AFC Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Luceco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for Luceco. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Luceco's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Luceco Neutral
AFC Energy Positive

Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -4,502.53%. Luceco's return on equity of 19.86% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Luceco8.41% 19.86% 8.58%
AFC Energy -4,502.53%-71.96%-35.77%

23.7% of Luceco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of AFC Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AFC Energy received 31 more outperform votes than Luceco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Luceco an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LucecoOutperform Votes
143
68.42%
Underperform Votes
66
31.58%
AFC EnergyOutperform Votes
174
64.68%
Underperform Votes
95
35.32%

Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AFC Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 51,713.47%. Given AFC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Luceco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Luceco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
AFC Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Luceco£227.36M0.99£19.13M£11.8711.85
AFC Energy£497.29K132.84-£22.39M-£2.62-2.95

Summary

Luceco beats AFC Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AFC vs. The Competition

MetricAFC EnergyElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£66.06M£3.63B£7.20B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.65%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio-2.958.2420.94133.01
Price / Sales132.841,089.8881.34226,951.99
Price / Cash3.0312.3626.9028.11
Price / Book2.483.063.754.51
Net Income-£22.39M-£42.19M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance29.97%1.77%2.70%3.27%
1 Month Performance22.54%-0.99%1.84%9.41%
1 Year Performance-58.13%-13.71%14.36%114.49%

AFC Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFC
AFC Energy
2.8126 of 5 stars
GBX 7.72
+1.0%
GBX 4,000
+51,713.5%
-58.6%£66.06M£497,288.65-2.95120News Coverage
Gap Up
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 128.40
-2.7%
N/A-16.1%£206.43M£227.36M10.821,504Gap Down
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 167
+2.8%
N/A+15.8%£194.42M£219.82M8.717,800
XPP
XP Power
N/AGBX 639
-0.3%
GBX 1,470
+130.0%
-36.4%£154.60M£289.20M-10.572,435High Trading Volume
CWR
Ceres Power
3.2207 of 5 stars
GBX 57.60
-1.1%
GBX 340
+490.3%
-67.6%£112.28M£39.90M-2.79591Insider Trade
Positive News
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,019
-0.6%
N/A-14.0%£67.65M£50.25M8.33338Dividend Increase
Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 546
+4.0%
N/A-22.2%£67.57M£93.67M8.32338Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 36
+2.9%
GBX 100
+177.8%
+17.2%£60.06M£799,031.68-11.8772News Coverage
Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 101
-6.0%
N/A-36.2%£40.23M£160.31M-1.751,358Gap Down
EAAS
eEnergy Group
1.7155 of 5 stars
GBX 4.38
-2.8%
GBX 12
+174.3%
-30.9%£16.94M£19.19M-3.91131
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 11.50
+12.2%
N/A-36.0%£14.58MN/A-1.7643Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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