AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, LUCE or AFC?

Luceco has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LUCE or AFC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luceco	£217.50M	0.94	£18.30M	£0.12	1,108.33
AFC Energy	£719.33K	111.05	-£19.54M	-£0.03	-311.67

Is LUCE or AFC more profitable?

Luceco has a net margin of 8.41% compared to AFC Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Luceco's return on equity of 20.88% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luceco	8.41%	20.88%	8.58%
AFC Energy	N/A	-59.92%	-35.77%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LUCE or AFC?

23.7% of Luceco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of AFC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of Luceco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of AFC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LUCE or AFC?

AFC Energy received 31 more outperform votes than Luceco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave Luceco an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luceco	Outperform Votes 143 68.42%	Underperform Votes 66 31.58%
AFC Energy	Outperform Votes 174 64.68%	Underperform Votes 95 35.32%

Do analysts recommend LUCE or AFC?

AFC Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 42,680.75%. Given AFC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Luceco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luceco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AFC Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to LUCE or AFC?

In the previous week, Luceco had 1 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luceco and 4 mentions for AFC Energy. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Luceco's score of 0.27 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luceco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AFC Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Luceco beats AFC Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.