Castings (CGS) Competitors

ITM Power (LON:ITM) and Castings (LON:CGS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITM or CGS?

ITM Power received 59 more outperform votes than Castings when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.34% of users gave Castings an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 176 66.67%	Underperform Votes 88 33.33%
Castings	Outperform Votes 117 71.34%	Underperform Votes 47 28.66%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ITM or CGS?

37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of Castings shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Castings shares are held by 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.

Is ITM or CGS more profitable?

Castings has a net margin of 7.45% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Castings' return on equity of 12.83% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.97%	-5.81%
Castings	7.45%	12.83%	7.09%

Do analysts rate ITM or CGS?

ITM Power currently has a consensus target price of GBX 69.75, suggesting a potential upside of 116.05%. Castings has a consensus target price of GBX 332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.91%. Given ITM Power's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Castings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Castings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor ITM or CGS?

In the previous week, ITM Power and ITM Power both had 6 articles in the media. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Castings' score of -0.07 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITM Power	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Castings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, ITM or CGS?

ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Castings has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ITM or CGS?

Castings has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Castings, 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
ITM Power	£16.67M	12.07	-£27.50M	-£4.37	-7.39
Castings	£225.56M	0.49	£16.81M	£38.01	6.68

Summary

Castings beats ITM Power on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.