AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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AFC vs. XPP, LUCE, TFW, SUP, and DIA

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

How does AFC Energy compare to XP Power?

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

XP Power has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. XP 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XP Power	£230.10M	2.29	-£15.01M	-£42.00	N/A
AFC Energy	£125K	1,334.88	-£22.39M	-£2.41	N/A

XP Power has a net margin of -4.95% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -17,756.00%. XP Power's return on equity of -6.50% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XP Power	-4.95%	-6.50%	2.24%
AFC Energy	-17,756.00%	-76.88%	-35.77%

41.6% of XP Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

XP Power has a beta of 1.784, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.372, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the broader market.

XP Power currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,769.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.94%. Given XP Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe XP Power is more favorable than AFC Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XP Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
AFC Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

In the previous week, XP Power and XP Power both had 1 articles in the media. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat XP Power's score of 1.08 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XP Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AFC Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

XP Power beats AFC Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does AFC Energy compare to Luceco?

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

17.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Luceco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Luceco had 4 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luceco and 1 mentions for AFC Energy. Luceco's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat AFC Energy's score of 1.10 indicating that Luceco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luceco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AFC Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Luceco currently has a consensus price target of GBX 205, suggesting a potential downside of 11.03%. Given Luceco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Luceco is more favorable than AFC Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luceco	£271.40M	1.25	£19.13M	£13.40	17.19
AFC Energy	£125K	1,334.88	-£22.39M	-£2.41	N/A

Luceco has a net margin of 7.48% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -17,756.00%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.71% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luceco	7.48%	20.71%	8.58%
AFC Energy	-17,756.00%	-76.88%	-35.77%

Luceco has a beta of 1.254, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.372, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Luceco beats AFC Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does AFC Energy compare to FW Thorpe?

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

15.6% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of FW Thorpe shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, FW Thorpe had 1 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FW Thorpe and 1 mentions for AFC Energy. FW Thorpe's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat AFC Energy's score of 1.10 indicating that FW Thorpe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AFC Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FW Thorpe	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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
FW Thorpe	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AFC Energy	£125K	1,334.88	-£22.39M	-£2.41	N/A
FW Thorpe	£173.20M	1.64	£24.42M	£21.90	11.55

FW Thorpe has a net margin of 14.73% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -17,756.00%. FW Thorpe's return on equity of 13.58% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AFC Energy	-17,756.00%	-76.88%	-35.77%
FW Thorpe	14.73%	13.58%	8.02%

AFC Energy has a beta of 2.372, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, FW Thorpe has a beta of 0.437, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the broader market.

Summary

FW Thorpe beats AFC Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does AFC Energy compare to Supreme?

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

In the previous week, Supreme had 27 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Supreme and 1 mentions for AFC Energy. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Supreme's score of 0.70 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Supreme	10 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

15.6% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Supreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.4% of Supreme shares are owned by 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.

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
Supreme	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AFC Energy	£125K	1,334.88	-£22.39M	-£2.41	N/A
Supreme	£250.65M	0.76	£22.28M	£18.10	8.93

AFC Energy has a beta of 2.372, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Supreme has a beta of 1.062, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the broader market.

Supreme has a net margin of 8.71% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -17,756.00%. Supreme's return on equity of 27.64% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AFC Energy	-17,756.00%	-76.88%	-35.77%
Supreme	8.71%	27.64%	20.33%

Summary

Supreme beats AFC Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does AFC Energy compare to Dialight?

AFC Energy (LON:AFC) and Dialight (LON:DIA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, AFC Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Dialight. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for Dialight. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Dialight's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AFC Energy	Positive
Dialight	Neutral

15.6% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.0% of Dialight shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of AFC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Dialight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Dialight	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AFC Energy	£125K	1,334.88	-£22.39M	-£2.41	N/A
Dialight	£179.60M	0.65	-£23.05M	£18.40	15.76

AFC Energy has a beta of 2.372, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Dialight has a beta of 0.654, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the broader market.

Dialight has a net margin of -7.52% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -17,756.00%. Dialight's return on equity of -31.80% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AFC Energy	-17,756.00%	-76.88%	-35.77%
Dialight	-7.52%	-31.80%	0.05%

Summary

Dialight beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AFC vs. The Competition

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Metric	AFC Energy	Electrical Equipment & Parts Industry	Industrials Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£166.86M	£9.67B	£9.33B	£2.75B
Dividend Yield	4.13%	3.48%	3.56%	6.14%
P/E Ratio	-6.09	66.23	24.85	365.66
Price / Sales	1,334.88	63,971.96	5,752.39	88,590.07
Price / Cash	3.03	12.59	27.62	27.89
Price / Book	4.72	3.33	4.81	7.53
Net Income	-£22.39M	-£40.66M	£791.02M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	-10.15%	3.53%	0.96%	7.54%
1 Month Performance	30.86%	17.83%	4.62%	3.01%
1 Year Performance	33.96%	106.08%	38.72%	89.73%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
AFC AFC Energy	1.135 of 5 stars	GBX 14.68 -3.0%	N/A	+51.4%	£166.86M	£125K	N/A	120	Positive News
XPP XP Power	2.9715 of 5 stars	GBX 1,876 +7.0%	GBX 1,769.33 -5.7%	+173.6%	£525.88M	£230.10M	N/A	2,435	Positive News High Trading Volume
LUCE Luceco	3.9144 of 5 stars	GBX 225 +2.7%	GBX 205 -8.9%	+70.6%	£335.59M	£271.40M	16.79	1,504	Positive News
TFW FW Thorpe	N/A	GBX 248 -0.8%	N/A	-10.3%	£278.84M	£173.20M	11.32	900	Positive News
SUP Supreme	N/A	GBX 158 -1.3%	N/A	+3.8%	£185.36M	£250.65M	8.73	7,800	Trending News

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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors