AVG vs. CGS, RNO, MPAC, PHE, ITM, GDWN, FSJ, SDY, EPWN, and PPHC
Should you be buying Avingtrans stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avingtrans include Castings (CGS), Renold (RNO), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), ITM Power (ITM), Goodwin (GDWN), James Fisher and Sons (FSJ), Speedy Hire (SDY), Epwin Group (EPWN), and Public Policy (PPHC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Castings (LON:CGS) and Avingtrans (LON:AVG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Castings currently has a consensus target price of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 43.98%. Given Avingtrans' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Castings pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avingtrans pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Avingtrans received 94 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Castings an outperform vote.
Castings has higher revenue and earnings than Avingtrans. Castings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.5% of Castings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Avingtrans shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Castings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Avingtrans shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Avingtrans had 1 more articles in the media than Castings. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Avingtrans and 0 mentions for Castings. Castings' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Avingtrans' score of 0.66 indicating that Avingtrans is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Castings has a net margin of 6.81% compared to Castings' net margin of 4.08%. Avingtrans' return on equity of 12.26% beat Castings' return on equity.
Castings has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avingtrans has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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