CGS vs. AVG, RNO, MPAC, ITM, GDWN, SUP, SRAD, GPH, BEG, and GTLY
Should you be buying Castings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castings include Avingtrans (AVG), Renold (RNO), Mpac Group (MPAC), ITM Power (ITM), Goodwin (GDWN), Supreme (SUP), Stelrad Group (SRAD), Global Ports (GPH), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), and Gateley (GTLY). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Avingtrans (LON:AVG) and Castings (LON:CGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
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, Avingtrans and Avingtrans both had 1 articles in the media. Castings' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Avingtrans' score of 0.76 indicating that Avingtrans is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Castings has a consensus target price of GBX 550, indicating a potential upside of 42.72%. Given Avingtrans' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Castings is more favorable than Avingtrans.
31.7% of Avingtrans shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Castings shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.0% of Avingtrans shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Castings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Avingtrans pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Castings pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. 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 has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castings has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Castings beats Avingtrans on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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