Ceres Power (CWR) Competitors

Volex (LON:VLX) and Ceres Power (LON:CWR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, VLX or CWR?

Volex has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceres Power has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLX or CWR?

Volex received 72 more outperform votes than Ceres Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.72% of users gave Volex an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Ceres Power an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Volex	Outperform Votes 237 75.72%	Underperform Votes 76 24.28%
Ceres Power	Outperform Votes 165 69.33%	Underperform Votes 73 30.67%

Do analysts recommend VLX or CWR?

Volex currently has a consensus price target of GBX 415, indicating a potential upside of 39.97%. Ceres Power has a consensus price target of GBX 650, indicating a potential upside of 304.48%. Given Ceres Power's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ceres Power is more favorable than Volex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ceres Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VLX or CWR?

Volex has higher revenue and earnings than Ceres Power. Ceres Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Volex, 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
Volex	£912.80M	0.59	£39.30M	£0.16	1,853.13
Ceres Power	£39.16M	7.94	-£40.40M	-£0.21	-765.24

Is VLX or CWR more profitable?

Volex has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Ceres Power's net margin of -103.15%. Volex's return on equity of 14.15% beat Ceres Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volex	4.30%	14.15%	6.30%
Ceres Power	-103.15%	-21.17%	-12.83%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VLX or CWR?

35.0% of Volex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Ceres Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Volex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.3% of Ceres Power shares are owned by company 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 media favor VLX or CWR?

In the previous week, Volex had 3 more articles in the media than Ceres Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Volex and 1 mentions for Ceres Power. Ceres Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Volex's score of -0.18 indicating that Ceres Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Volex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ceres Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Volex beats Ceres Power on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.