IKA vs. AFC, DWHT, DIA, DWHA, GELN, EAAS, LPA, PPS, DGI, and AMTE
Should you be buying Ilika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ilika include AFC Energy (AFC), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Gelion (GELN), eEnergy Group (EAAS), LPA Group (LPA), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), DG Innovate (DGI), and AMTE Power (AMTE). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Ilika vs.
AFC Energy (LON:AFC) and Ilika (LON:IKA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Ilika has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. Ilika is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AFC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ilika had 1 more articles in the media than AFC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ilika and 0 mentions for AFC Energy. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ilika's score of -0.03 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AFC Energy has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ilika has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AFC Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ilika's net margin of -230.24%. Ilika's return on equity of -21.33% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.
17.3% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of AFC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Ilika shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AFC Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential upside of 43,382.99%. Ilika has a consensus price target of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 376.19%. Given AFC Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Ilika.
Ilika received 57 more outperform votes than AFC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.96% of users gave Ilika an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave AFC Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Ilika beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:IKA) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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