ITM Power (ITM) Competitors

Bodycote (LON:BOY) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is BOY or ITM 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
Bodycote	8.01%	8.14%	6.41%
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOY or ITM?

Bodycote received 388 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.50% of users gave Bodycote an outperform vote while only 66.42% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bodycote	Outperform Votes 564 70.50%	Underperform Votes 236 29.50%
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.42%	Underperform Votes 89 33.58%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BOY or ITM?

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
Bodycote	£739.54M	1.34	£59.25M	£33.23	16.65
ITM Power	£16.67M	18.07	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-11.06

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

77.7% of Bodycote shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bodycote shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BOY or ITM?

Bodycote presently has a consensus price target of GBX 812.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.79%. ITM Power has a consensus price target of GBX 69.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.26%. Given Bodycote's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bodycote is more favorable than ITM Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bodycote	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer BOY or ITM?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 8 more articles in the media than Bodycote. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ITM Power and 0 mentions for Bodycote. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Bodycote's score of 0.00 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bodycote	Neutral
ITM Power	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BOY or ITM?

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

Summary

Bodycote beats ITM Power on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.