AVG vs. CGS, RNO, MPAC, PHE, CPH2, ITM, GDWN, AFC, EPWN, and FSJ
Should you be buying Avingtrans stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avingtrans include Castings (CGS), Renold (RNO), Mpac Group (MPAC), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2), ITM Power (ITM), Goodwin (GDWN), AFC Energy (AFC), Epwin Group (EPWN), and James Fisher and Sons (FSJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Castings (LON:CGS) and Avingtrans (LON:AVG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Castings currently has a consensus target price of GBX 550, suggesting a potential upside of 49.46%. Given Avingtrans' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
Castings has higher revenue and earnings than Avingtrans. Castings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Castings had 1 more articles in the media than Avingtrans. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Castings and 2 mentions for Avingtrans. Castings' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Avingtrans' score of 0.08 indicating that Avingtrans is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Castings has a net margin of 6.81% compared to Castings' net margin of 4.08%. Avingtrans' return on equity of 12.26% beat Castings' return on equity.
Avingtrans received 94 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 70.63% of users gave Castings an outperform vote.
Castings has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avingtrans has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
55.5% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Avingtrans shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Castings shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Avingtrans 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.
Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Castings pays out 5,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avingtrans pays out 2,631.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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