CGS vs. AVG, RNO, LOAD, MPAC, PHE, CPH2, XSG, GPL, SIXH, and EQT
Should you be buying Castings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castings include Avingtrans (AVG), Renold (RNO), Crestchic (LOAD), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), Xeros Technology Group (XSG), Graft Polymer (GPL), The 600 Group (SIXH), and EQTEC (EQT). These companies are all part of the "specialty industrial machinery" industry.
Castings vs. Its Competitors
Avingtrans (LON:AVG) and Castings (LON:CGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Castings has a consensus target price of GBX 337.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.84%. Given Castings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
Castings has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Avingtrans' net margin of 2.68%. Castings' return on equity of 12.83% beat Avingtrans' return on equity.
12.2% of Avingtrans shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Avingtrans shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Castings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Castings has higher revenue and earnings than Avingtrans. Avingtrans is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Castings had 4 more articles in the media than Avingtrans. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Castings and 1 mentions for Avingtrans. Castings' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Avingtrans' score of 0.14 indicating that Castings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avingtrans has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castings has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Avingtrans pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Castings pays out 192.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CGS) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
