CGS vs. ITM, RNO, AVG, LOAD, MPAC, PHE, CPH2, XSG, GPL, and SIXH
Should you be buying Castings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castings include ITM Power (ITM), Renold (RNO), Avingtrans (AVG), Crestchic (LOAD), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Graft Polymer (GPL), and The 600 Group (SIXH). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Castings vs. Its Competitors
Castings (LON:CGS) and ITM Power (LON:ITM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
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.
Castings has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Castings and Castings both had 1 articles in the media. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Castings' score of 0.15 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
51.7% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.4% of Castings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of ITM Power 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.
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.
Castings presently has a consensus price target of GBX 337.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. ITM Power has a consensus price target of GBX 76.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Given Castings' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than ITM Power.
Summary
Castings beats ITM Power on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CGS) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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