ITM Power (ITM) Competitors

ITM Power (LON:ITM) and Bodycote (LON:BOY) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is ITM or BOY more profitable?

Bodycote has a net margin of 8.01% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Bodycote's return on equity of 8.14% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%

Do analysts prefer ITM or BOY?

ITM Power currently has a consensus target price of GBX 76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.15%. Bodycote has a consensus target price of GBX 758.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.86%. Given Bodycote's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than ITM Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ITM or BOY?

12.6% of ITM Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Bodycote shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of ITM Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Bodycote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ITM or BOY?

ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bodycote has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ITM or BOY?

Bodycote has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bodycote, 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
ITM Power	£26.04M	17.59	-£27.50M	-£0.07	-1,004.43
Bodycote	£727.10M	1.54	£59.25M	£0.16	3,987.50

Does the media prefer ITM or BOY?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 7 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ITM Power and 0 mentions for Bodycote. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Bodycote's score of 0.75 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	Positive
Bodycote	Positive

Summary

Bodycote beats ITM Power on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.