Avingtrans (AVG) Competitors

Avingtrans (LON:AVG) and ITM Power (LON:ITM) 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, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate AVG or ITM?

ITM Power has a consensus price target of GBX 69.75, indicating a potential upside of 159.10%. Given ITM Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Avingtrans.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Avingtrans	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor AVG or ITM?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 1 more articles in the media than Avingtrans. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ITM Power and 1 mentions for Avingtrans. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Avingtrans' score of -0.98 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Avingtrans	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
ITM Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVG or ITM?

Avingtrans has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avingtrans, 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
Avingtrans	£129.08M	0.83	£3.46M	£11.27	29.95
ITM Power	£16.67M	10.06	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-6.16

Which has more risk & volatility, AVG or ITM?

Avingtrans has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVG or ITM more profitable?

Avingtrans has a net margin of 2.68% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Avingtrans' return on equity of 3.32% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Avingtrans	2.68%	3.32%	2.06%
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVG or ITM?

29.2% of Avingtrans shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of Avingtrans shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVG or ITM?

Avingtrans received 31 more outperform votes than ITM Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Avingtrans an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Avingtrans	Outperform Votes 207 72.13%	Underperform Votes 80 27.87%
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%

Summary

Avingtrans and ITM Power tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.