BGC vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, and AMSC
Should you be buying General Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Cable include Acuity (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Enersys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
General Cable vs. Its Competitors
Acuity (NYSE:AYI) and General Cable (NYSE:BGC) are both mid-cap electrical components & equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Acuity pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. General Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Acuity pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Cable pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Acuity has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and General Cable has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
98.2% of Acuity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of General Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Acuity has a net margin of 9.63% compared to General Cable's net margin of 1.74%. General Cable's return on equity of 48.53% beat Acuity's return on equity.
Acuity presently has a consensus target price of $340.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. General Cable has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.03%. Given General Cable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Cable is more favorable than Acuity.
Acuity has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% 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.
Acuity has higher revenue and earnings than General Cable. Acuity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Cable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Acuity had 15 more articles in the media than General Cable. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Acuity and 0 mentions for General Cable. Acuity's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat General Cable's score of 0.00 indicating that Acuity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Acuity beats General Cable on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BGC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
