CWR vs. SMS, VLX, TFW, XPP, SUP, LUCE, AFC, DWHT, DIA, and IKA
Should you be buying Ceres Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceres Power include Smart Metering Systems (SMS), Volex (VLX), FW Thorpe (TFW), XP Power (XPP), Supreme (SUP), Luceco (LUCE), AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dialight (DIA), and Ilika (IKA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Ceres Power vs.
Smart Metering Systems (LON:SMS) and Ceres Power (LON:CWR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Smart Metering Systems has a net margin of 10.97% compared to Ceres Power's net margin of -103.15%. Smart Metering Systems' return on equity of 2.73% beat Ceres Power's return on equity.
Ceres Power has a consensus target price of GBX 650, suggesting a potential upside of 299.51%. Given Ceres Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ceres Power is more favorable than Smart Metering Systems.
74.9% of Smart Metering Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of Ceres Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Smart Metering Systems 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smart Metering Systems has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less 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.
In the previous week, Smart Metering Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Ceres Power. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smart Metering Systems and 2 mentions for Ceres Power. Smart Metering Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Ceres Power's score of 0.67 indicating that Smart Metering Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smart Metering Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Ceres Power. Ceres Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Metering Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smart Metering Systems received 86 more outperform votes than Ceres Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.93% of users gave Smart Metering Systems an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Ceres Power an outperform vote.
Summary
Smart Metering Systems beats Ceres Power on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CWR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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