GDWN vs. CGS, CPS, CTR, PRV, COD, AVON, PTSG, FRAN, KIE, and WIN
Should you be buying Goodwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goodwin include Castings (CGS), Cpl Resources plc (CPS.L) (CPS), Charles Taylor (CTR), Porvair (PRV), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), Avon Protection (AVON), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Kier Group (KIE), and Wincanton (WIN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Goodwin vs.
Goodwin (LON:GDWN) and Castings (LON:CGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Castings has a consensus target price of GBX 530, indicating a potential upside of 53.62%. Given Castings' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Castings is more favorable than Goodwin.
Goodwin has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castings has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Goodwin pays an annual dividend of GBX 108 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Goodwin pays out 5,118.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Castings pays out -168.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Castings is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 9 more articles in the media than Castings. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Goodwin and 8 mentions for Castings. Goodwin's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Castings' score of 0.20 indicating that Goodwin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Castings received 32 more outperform votes than Goodwin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.48% of users gave Castings an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave Goodwin an outperform vote.
1.7% of Goodwin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.9% of Goodwin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Castings shares are owned by company 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.
Goodwin has higher revenue and earnings than Castings. Castings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goodwin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Goodwin has a net margin of 9.84% compared to Castings' net margin of 6.21%. Goodwin's return on equity of 14.17% beat Castings' return on equity.
Summary
Goodwin beats Castings on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GDWN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
