Castings (CGS) Competitors

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

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CGS or ITM?

Castings currently has a consensus target price of GBX 332.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. ITM Power has a consensus target price of GBX 69.75, indicating a potential upside of 126.83%. Given ITM Power's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Castings.

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

Which has higher 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	0.49	£16.81M	£38.01	6.63
ITM Power	£16.67M	11.49	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-7.03

Does the media refer more to CGS or ITM?

In the previous week, Castings' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ITM Power's score of 0.55 indicating that Castings is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Castings	Positive
ITM Power	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 66.67% 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 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, CGS or ITM?

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.

Summary

Castings beats ITM Power on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.