Castings (CGS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CGS or ITM?

Castings has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

51.7% of Castings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of Castings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by 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.

Is CGS or ITM more profitable?

Castings has a net margin of 7.45% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Castings' return on equity of 12.83% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Castings	7.45%	12.83%	7.09%
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%

Do analysts recommend CGS or ITM?

Castings currently has a consensus price target of GBX 332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. ITM Power has a consensus price target of GBX 69.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.71%. Given Castings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than ITM Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Castings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGS or ITM?

ITM Power received 59 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.34% of users gave Castings an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Castings	Outperform Votes 117 71.34%	Underperform Votes 47 28.66%
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.42%	Underperform Votes 89 33.58%

Does the media prefer CGS or ITM?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 33 more articles in the media than Castings. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for ITM Power and 3 mentions for Castings. Castings' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ITM Power's score of 0.35 indicating that Castings is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Castings	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ITM Power	2 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CGS or ITM?

Castings has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castings, 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
Castings	£225.56M	0.54	£16.81M	£38.01	7.37
ITM Power	£16.67M	27.36	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-16.75

Summary

Castings beats ITM Power on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.