IKA vs. AFC, SUP, DIA, DWHT, PPS, DWHA, GELN, EAAS, DGI, and LPA
Should you be buying Ilika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ilika include AFC Energy (AFC), Supreme (SUP), Dialight (DIA), Dewhurst Group (DWHT), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), Dewhurst Group (DWHA), Gelion (GELN), eEnergy Group (EAAS), DG Innovate (DGI), and LPA Group (LPA). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment & parts" industry.
Ilika (LON:IKA) and AFC Energy (LON:AFC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
50.1% of Ilika shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of AFC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Ilika shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AFC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ilika has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Energy has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ilika has higher revenue and earnings than AFC Energy. AFC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ilika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Ilika currently has a consensus target price of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 263.64%. AFC Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, suggesting a potential upside of 17,141.38%. Given AFC Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AFC Energy is more favorable than Ilika.
Ilika's return on equity of -23.17% beat AFC Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, AFC Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Ilika. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AFC Energy and 0 mentions for Ilika. AFC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Ilika's score of 0.00 indicating that AFC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ilika beats AFC Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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