Ilika (IKA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate IKA or AFC?

Ilika currently has a consensus target price of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 308.16%. AFC Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 32,085.39%. Given AFC Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Ilika.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ilika	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AFC Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IKA or AFC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ilika	£2.09M	19.61	-£4.81M	-£0.03	-816.67
AFC Energy	£719.33K	146.76	-£19.54M	-£0.03	-412.67

Is IKA or AFC more profitable?

AFC Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ilika's net margin of -230.24%. Ilika's return on equity of -21.33% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ilika	-230.24%	-21.33%	-15.68%
AFC Energy	N/A	-59.92%	-35.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, IKA or AFC?

Ilika has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IKA or AFC?

In the previous week, AFC Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Ilika. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for Ilika. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Ilika's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ilika	Neutral
AFC Energy	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IKA or AFC?

47.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Ilika shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of AFC Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IKA or AFC?

Ilika received 57 more outperform votes than AFC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.96% of users gave Ilika an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ilika	Outperform Votes 231 68.96%	Underperform Votes 104 31.04%
AFC Energy	Outperform Votes 174 64.68%	Underperform Votes 95 35.32%

Summary

AFC Energy beats Ilika on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.