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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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GBX 8.83 -0.14 (-1.56%)
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AFC vs. CWR, TFW, XPP, LUCE, SUP, DIA, IKA, DWHT, DWHA, and GELN

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

AFC Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

11.5% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.2% of Ceres Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Ceres Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ceres Power has a net margin of -101.69% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -4,502.53%. Ceres Power's return on equity of -22.96% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AFC Energy-4,502.53% -71.96% -35.77%
Ceres Power -101.69%-22.96%-12.83%

Ceres Power has a consensus price target of GBX 340, suggesting a potential upside of 46.68%. Given Ceres Power's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ceres Power is more favorable than AFC Energy.

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

In the previous week, Ceres Power had 13 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ceres Power and 6 mentions for AFC Energy. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Ceres Power's score of 0.34 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AFC Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Ceres Power
0 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceres Power has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AFC Energy£3.61M27.67-£22.39M-£2.30-3.84
Ceres Power£44.48M10.11-£40.57M-£18.25-12.70

Summary

Ceres Power beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£99.91M£4.16B£7.83B£2.57B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.72%4.59%5.38%
P/E Ratio-3.8453.7725.66493.23
Price / Sales27.675,493.971,258.4998,997.00
Price / Cash3.0312.5627.8727.90
Price / Book2.844.074.938.13
Net Income-£22.39M-£40.66M£790.14M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.90%-0.05%-0.21%-0.37%
1 Month Performance-11.17%18.00%2.21%0.76%
1 Year Performance3.15%86.62%28.91%126.54%

AFC Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 8.83
-1.6%
N/A+15.9%£99.91M£3.61M-3.84120Positive News
CWR
Ceres Power
1.4565 of 5 stars
GBX 209.98
-0.5%
GBX 340
+61.9%
-2.4%£407.27M£44.48M-1,150.59591
TFW
FW Thorpe
N/AGBX 302.25
+0.1%
N/A-4.1%£351.40M£175.22M1,434.50900News Coverage
Positive News
XPP
XP Power
2.2328 of 5 stars
GBX 997
-0.5%
GBX 1,245
+24.9%
-19.5%£279.48M£231.10M-1,761.482,435News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 134
+0.8%
GBX 160
+19.4%
-16.9%£201.76M£258.60M1,440.861,504
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 167.50
-0.6%
N/A+8.0%£196.51M£231.08M858.977,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 250
-3.1%
N/A+60.0%£99.47M£183.50M-726.741,358Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 46.75
-2.6%
N/A+79.2%£84.54M£73.50K-1,320.6272News Coverage
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 810
-10.0%
N/A-32.2%£62.65M£65.06M1,156.32338Dividend Increase
Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 565
-5.8%
N/A-2.6%£43.70M£65.06M806.57338Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 23
-6.1%
N/A+12.5%£40.68MN/A-425.9343News Coverage

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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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