BGC vs. ENPH, GNRC, AYI, FELE, WIRE, ENS, BDC, BRC, VICR, and POWL
Should you be buying General Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Cable include Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), EnerSys (ENS), Belden (BDC), Brady (BRC), Vicor (VICR), and Powell Industries (POWL). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Enphase Energy (NASDAQ:ENPH) and General Cable (NYSE:BGC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Enphase Energy had 77 more articles in the media than General Cable. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Enphase Energy and 1 mentions for General Cable. General Cable's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Enphase Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Enphase Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enphase Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Cable has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enphase Energy has higher revenue and earnings than General Cable. Enphase Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Cable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.1% of Enphase Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of General Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Enphase Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.9% of General Cable shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enphase Energy received 516 more outperform votes than General Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave Enphase Energy an outperform vote while only 64.65% of users gave General Cable an outperform vote.
Enphase Energy presently has a consensus target price of $129.70, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. General Cable has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Given General Cable's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enphase Energy is more favorable than General Cable.
Enphase Energy has a net margin of 9.12% compared to Enphase Energy's net margin of 1.74%. Enphase Energy's return on equity of 48.53% beat General Cable's return on equity.
Summary
Enphase Energy beats General Cable on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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