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Ilika (IKA) Competitors

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GBX 39 -1.00 (-2.50%)
As of 08/28/2025 12:44 PM Eastern

IKA vs. XPP, CWR, SUP, LUCE, AFC, DIA, DWHA, DWHT, GELN, and EAAS

Should you be buying Ilika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ilika include XP Power (XPP), Ceres Power (CWR), Supreme (SUP), Luceco (LUCE), AFC Energy (AFC), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Gelion (GELN), and eEnergy Group (EAAS). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

Ilika vs. Its Competitors

XP Power (LON:XPP) and Ilika (LON:IKA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Ilika has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XP Power. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ilika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XP Power£289.20M0.76-£15.01M-£60.45-15.09
Ilika£799.03K81.43-£5.05M-£3.03-12.86

In the previous week, XP Power and XP Power both had 1 articles in the media. Ilika's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat XP Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Ilika is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
XP Power
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ilika
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

XP Power has a net margin of -5.19% compared to Ilika's net margin of -631.68%. XP Power's return on equity of -9.45% beat Ilika's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XP Power-5.19% -9.45% 2.24%
Ilika -631.68%-22.47%-15.68%

XP Power has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ilika has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

XP Power currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,245, suggesting a potential upside of 36.51%. Given XP Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe XP Power is more favorable than Ilika.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
XP Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Ilika
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

66.1% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Ilika shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

XP Power beats Ilika on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IKA vs. The Competition

MetricIlikaElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£65.07M£4.80B£7.71B£3.18B
Dividend Yield0.76%3.67%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio-12.8610.7526.13166.94
Price / Sales81.431,232.6998.15448,413.14
Price / Cash1.9612.4628.6727.93
Price / Book3.053.284.136.35
Net Income-£5.05M-£40.66M£796.90M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.74%-0.82%0.12%0.10%
1 Month Performance-11.56%-0.68%0.54%49.80%
1 Year Performance63.87%14.99%27.56%139.17%

Ilika Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 39
-2.5%
N/A+69.3%£65.07M£799.03K-12.8672
XPP
XP Power
2.255 of 5 stars
GBX 923
+0.1%
GBX 1,245
+34.9%
-35.5%£223.31M£289.20M-15.272,435News Coverage
Gap Down
CWR
Ceres Power
1.4455 of 5 stars
GBX 113.20
-2.8%
GBX 340
+200.4%
-36.2%£220.67M£39.90M-5.47591
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 182.40
-0.1%
N/A-2.6%£212.35M£219.82M9.517,800Trending News
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 123.87
+1.0%
GBX 160
+29.2%
-21.6%£199.15M£227.36M10.441,504
AFC
AFC Energy
N/AGBX 9.48
-1.2%
N/A-27.3%£81.16M£497.29K-3.63120Positive News
Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 194
+2.1%
N/A-7.2%£77.28M£160.31M-3.351,358Gap Up
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 602.50
-3.6%
N/A+8.8%£74.56M£93.67M9.18338Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 771
-3.6%
N/A-41.7%£51.19M£50.25M6.30338News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 21.50
0.0%
N/A-9.0%£27.26MN/A-3.2943Gap Up
EAAS
eEnergy Group
N/AGBX 4.64
-1.3%
GBX 12
+158.6%
-2.8%£17.97M£19.19M-4.15131Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:IKA) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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