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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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GBX 5.82 -0.01 (-0.09%)
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AFC vs. XPP, SUP, CWR, DWHT, DWHA, IKA, DIA, EAAS, GELN, and LPA

Should you be buying AFC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AFC Energy include XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Ceres Power (CWR), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Ilika (IKA), Dialight (DIA), eEnergy Group (EAAS), Gelion (GELN), and LPA Group (LPA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.

AFC Energy vs.

XP Power (LON:XPP) and AFC Energy (LON:AFC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

XP Power has a net margin of -5.19% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of -4,502.53%. XP Power's return on equity of -9.45% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XP Power-5.19% -9.45% 2.24%
AFC Energy -4,502.53%-71.96%-35.77%

In the previous week, AFC Energy had 4 more articles in the media than XP Power. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AFC Energy and 1 mentions for XP Power. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat XP Power's score of -0.23 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
XP Power
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AFC Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

XP Power presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,440, indicating a potential upside of 75.77%. AFC Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 67,696.61%. Given AFC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than XP Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
XP Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
AFC Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

XP Power received 103 more outperform votes than AFC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.66% of users gave XP Power an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
XP PowerOutperform Votes
277
74.66%
Underperform Votes
94
25.34%
AFC EnergyOutperform Votes
174
64.68%
Underperform Votes
95
35.32%

XP Power has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

66.1% of XP Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of XP Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of AFC Energy shares are held 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.

XP Power has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. XP Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AFC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
XP Power£289.20M0.69-£15.01M-£60.45-13.55
AFC Energy£497.29K101.53-£22.39M-£2.62-2.26

Summary

XP Power and AFC Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AFC vs. The Competition

MetricAFC EnergyElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£50.49M£3.74B£7.02B£2.60B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.66%3.53%4.95%
P/E Ratio-2.267.8921.05141.59
Price / Sales101.53967.4576.21290,340.21
Price / Cash3.0312.3626.8727.93
Price / Book1.903.093.764.62
Net Income-£22.39M-£42.19M£795.56M£5.78B
7 Day Performance-10.61%-0.87%-0.47%0.43%
1 Month Performance-18.67%-4.63%-0.20%6.16%
1 Year Performance-68.25%2.94%19.11%118.05%

AFC Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFC
AFC Energy
2.9415 of 5 stars
GBX 5.82
-0.1%
GBX 4,000
+68,687.6%
-68.2%£49.76M£497,288.65-2.22120Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
XPP
XP Power
2.5425 of 5 stars
GBX 889
-2.3%
GBX 1,440
+62.0%
-22.7%£215.08M£289.20M-14.712,435
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 152
+1.3%
N/A+25.6%£176.96M£219.82M7.937,800Gap Up
CWR
Ceres Power
2.8039 of 5 stars
GBX 65.15
+5.3%
GBX 340
+421.9%
-60.0%£127.00M£39.90M-3.15591Gap Up
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,130
+6.0%
N/A+5.8%£75.02M£50.25M9.24338Dividend Increase
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 570
-3.4%
N/A-11.4%£70.54M£93.67M8.69338Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
N/AGBX 35.20
+2.6%
GBX 100
+184.1%
+37.7%£58.73M£799,031.68-11.6072Gap Up
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 119.09
-0.8%
N/A-32.4%£47.44M£160.31M-2.061,358Gap Down
EAAS
eEnergy Group
2.6218 of 5 stars
GBX 3.84
-6.4%
GBX 12
+212.8%
-27.4%£14.85M£19.19M-3.43131News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 11.15
+1.4%
N/A-21.6%£14.14MN/A-1.7143News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
LPA
LPA Group
N/AGBX 59
+4.4%
N/A-11.6%£8.47M£26.27M8.42140
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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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