Avingtrans (AVG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ITM or AVG?

ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avingtrans has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ITM or AVG?

37.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of Avingtrans shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Avingtrans shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITM or AVG?

Avingtrans received 31 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%
Avingtrans	Outperform Votes 207 72.13%	Underperform Votes 80 27.87%

Does the media refer more to ITM or AVG?

In the previous week, ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Avingtrans'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	Neutral
Avingtrans	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ITM or AVG?

ITM Power presently has a consensus target price of GBX 69.75, suggesting a potential upside of 126.83%. Given ITM Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Avingtrans.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Avingtrans	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ITM or AVG more profitable?

Avingtrans has a net margin of 2.68% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Avingtrans' return on equity of 3.32% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%
Avingtrans	2.68%	3.32%	2.06%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ITM or AVG?

Avingtrans has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, 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
ITM Power	£16.67M	11.49	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-7.03
Avingtrans	£129.08M	0.88	£3.46M	£11.27	31.55

Summary

Avingtrans beats ITM Power on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.