CGS vs. AVG, MPAC, RNO, CPH2, PHE, ITM, GDWN, SUP, MSI, and AFC
Should you be buying Castings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castings include Avingtrans (AVG), Mpac Group (MPAC), Renold (RNO), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), ITM Power (ITM), Goodwin (GDWN), Supreme (SUP), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), and AFC Energy (AFC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Castings (LON:CGS) and Avingtrans (LON:AVG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Castings pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avingtrans pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Avingtrans received 95 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 70.44% of users gave Castings an outperform vote.
55.5% of Castings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Avingtrans shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Castings shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Avingtrans shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Castings has higher revenue and earnings than Avingtrans. Castings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Castings presently has a consensus target price of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 60.82%. Given Castings' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
In the previous week, Avingtrans had 2 more articles in the media than Castings. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Avingtrans and 2 mentions for Castings. Castings' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Avingtrans' score of 0.05 indicating that Castings is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Castings has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avingtrans has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Castings has a net margin of 6.81% compared to Avingtrans' net margin of 4.08%. Castings' return on equity of 12.26% beat Avingtrans' return on equity.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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