DWHT vs. AFC, DIA, IKA, GELN, PPS, DWHA, EAAS, DGI, LPA, and AMTE
Should you be buying Dewhurst Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dewhurst Group include AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), Gelion (GELN), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), eEnergy Group (EAAS), DG Innovate (DGI), LPA Group (LPA), and AMTE Power (AMTE). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
AFC Energy (LON:AFC) and Dewhurst Group (LON:DWHT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Dewhurst Group has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. AFC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dewhurst Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
20.5% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Dewhurst Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of AFC Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 83.7% of Dewhurst Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AFC Energy received 10 more outperform votes than Dewhurst Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote while only 63.81% of users gave Dewhurst Group an outperform vote.
Dewhurst Group has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Dewhurst Group's net margin of 0.00%. AFC Energy's return on equity of 8.41% beat Dewhurst Group's return on equity.
AFC Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,000, suggesting a potential upside of 25,057.23%. Given Dewhurst Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Dewhurst Group.
In the previous week, AFC Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Dewhurst Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for Dewhurst Group. Dewhurst Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat AFC Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AFC Energy has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dewhurst Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AFC Energy beats Dewhurst Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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