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AFC Energy (AFC) Competitors

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GBX 9 -0.20 (-2.17%)
As of 01/17/2025 12:00 PM Eastern

AFC vs. XPP, SUP, LUCE, DWHT, DIA, IKA, DWHA, GELN, EAAS, 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), Luceco (LUCE), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dialight (DIA), Ilika (IKA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Gelion (GELN), eEnergy Group (EAAS), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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

AFC Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to XP Power's net margin of -5.19%. XP Power's return on equity of -10.09% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
XP Power-5.19% -10.09% 2.24%
AFC Energy N/A -59.92%-35.77%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, XP Power had 2 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for XP Power and 0 mentions for AFC Energy. XP Power's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat AFC Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that XP Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
XP Power Neutral
AFC Energy Neutral

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£283.30M1.09-£14.70M-£0.75-1,733.33
AFC Energy£719.33K106.89-£19.54M-£0.03-300.00

XP Power currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,656.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.44%. AFC Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 44,344.44%. Given AFC Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
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, 74.86% 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
74.86%
Underperform Votes
93
25.14%
AFC EnergyOutperform Votes
174
64.68%
Underperform Votes
95
35.32%

Summary

XP Power beats AFC Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AFC vs. The Competition

MetricAFC EnergyElectrical Equipment & Parts IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£76.89M£2.89B£4.76B£2.03B
Dividend Yield4.13%3.72%3.96%5.16%
P/E Ratio-300.00190.27369.591,930.55
Price / Sales106.891,058.48356.05420,341.94
Price / Cash3.0318.5429.7829.11
Price / Book3.003.393.403.08
Net Income-£19.54M-£43.78M£196.30M£183.31M
7 Day Performance-7.93%-0.76%0.34%3.12%
1 Month Performance-2.17%4.14%0.43%2.43%
1 Year Performance-52.03%37.00%28.66%172.70%

AFC Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFC
AFC Energy
2.0216 of 5 stars
GBX 9
-2.2%
GBX 4,000
+44,344.4%
-49.0%£76.89M£719,328.00-300.00120Gap Down
XPP
XP Power
3.198 of 5 stars
GBX 1,264
-1.1%
GBX 1,656.67
+31.1%
+4.7%£299.32M£283.30M-1,685.332,435
SUP
Supreme
N/AGBX 181.71
-3.3%
N/A+52.2%£211.86M£221.25M1,009.507,800
LUCE
Luceco
N/AGBX 118
+1.7%
N/A-10.5%£181.99M£217.50M983.331,504News Coverage
DWHT
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 1,025.50
+1.0%
N/A+34.2%£45.43M£58.55M1,627.78338Dividend Increase
DIA
Dialight
N/AGBX 98.25
-0.3%
N/A-37.4%£39.13M£180.80M-327.501,358Gap Down
IKA
Ilika
1.8094 of 5 stars
GBX 20
-9.1%
GBX 100
+400.0%
-43.2%£33.46M£2.09M-666.6772News Coverage
Gap Down
DWHA
Dewhurst Group
N/AGBX 612.10
+0.2%
N/A+2.6%£27.12M£58.55M971.59338
GELN
Gelion
N/AGBX 14.15
-11.6%
N/A-25.8%£19.24M£2.09M-235.8343
EAAS
eEnergy Group
N/AGBX 4.10
-3.5%
GBX 12
+192.7%
-43.4%£15.88M£17.54M-7.30131Gap Down
LPA
LPA Group
N/AGBX 57.50
-4.6%
N/A-30.2%£7.77M£24.14M821.43140News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:AFC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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