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GBX 281 +4.00 (+1.44%)
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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

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

ITM Power presently has a consensus price target of GBX 76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.46%. Castings has a consensus price target of GBX 332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.33%. Given Castings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Castings is more favorable than ITM Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ITM Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Castings
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

37.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Castings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
ITM Power-164.90% -9.97% -5.81%
Castings 7.45%12.83%7.09%

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

In the previous week, ITM Power had 20 more articles in the media than Castings. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for ITM Power and 2 mentions for Castings. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Castings' score of 0.00 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ITM Power£16.67M24.82-£27.50M-£4.37-15.19
Castings£225.56M0.55£16.81M£38.017.39

Summary

Castings beats ITM Power on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CGS vs. The Competition

MetricCastingsSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£123.18M£6.17B£7.63B£3.07B
Dividend Yield8.79%2.74%4.57%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.3912.8325.30169.96
Price / Sales0.55281.3999.18340,010.94
Price / Cash5.969.3328.3127.97
Price / Book0.912.824.344.55
Net Income£16.81M£298.37M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.75%-0.10%-0.10%0.88%
1 Month Performance-1.58%5.52%1.88%11.79%
1 Year Performance-20.17%21.86%34.39%70.84%

Castings Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGS
Castings
2.4871 of 5 stars
GBX 281
+1.4%
GBX 332.50
+18.3%
-19.7%£123.18M£225.56M7.391,251News Coverage
ITM
ITM Power
1.3396 of 5 stars
GBX 58.32
+0.2%
GBX 63
+8.0%
+28.4%£363.45M£16.67M-13.34359Trending News
Gap Up
RNO
Renold
N/AGBX 80.70
+0.4%
N/A+51.7%£194.77M£280.18M9.971,824Positive News
AVG
Avingtrans
N/AGBX 430
+2.4%
N/A+15.3%£137.08M£129.08M38.17732
LOAD
Crestchic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£121.14M£34.97M2,347.06N/A
MPAC
Mpac Group
N/AGBX 330.17
+0.1%
N/A-21.2%£97.50M£173.47M10.81500
PHE
PowerHouse Energy Group
N/AGBX 0.53
+1.9%
N/A-42.3%£24.33M£623.95K-11.964Positive News
Gap Up
CPH2
Clean Power Hydrogen
N/AGBX 5.01
-0.8%
N/A-46.9%£13.49MN/A-2.7955
XSG
Xeros Technology Group
N/AGBX 1.41
-6.3%
N/A+4.2%£6.65M£399.07K-0.9832
GPL
Graft Polymer
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.79M£7.75M-0.077
SIXH
The 600 Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.39M£33.80M-265.00123

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This page (LON:CGS) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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