GDWN vs. ITM, CGS, AVG, MGAM, GEC, BOY, IPEL, LSC, COD, and FRAN
Should you be buying Goodwin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goodwin include ITM Power (ITM), Castings (CGS), Avingtrans (AVG), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), General Electric (GEC), Bodycote (BOY), Impellam Group (IPEL), London Security (LSC), Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (COD), and Franchise Brands (FRAN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Goodwin (LON:GDWN) and ITM Power (LON:ITM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Goodwin had 21 more articles in the media than ITM Power. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Goodwin and 2 mentions for ITM Power. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Goodwin's score of 0.30 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Goodwin has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power 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 8.18% compared to ITM Power's net margin of 0.00%. Goodwin's return on equity of 13.85% beat ITM Power's return on equity.
1.1% of Goodwin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. 66.7% of Goodwin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.4% of ITM Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Goodwin has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITM Power has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ITM Power received 99 more outperform votes than Goodwin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.18% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote while only 65.79% of users gave Goodwin an outperform vote.
Summary
Goodwin beats ITM Power on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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