Mpac Group (MPAC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MPAC or ITM?

33.1% of Mpac Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of ITM Power shares are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of Mpac Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of ITM Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MPAC or ITM?

Mpac Group has higher revenue and earnings than ITM Power. ITM Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mpac Group, 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
Mpac Group	£121.40M	0.92	£6.20M	£0.30	1,720.00
ITM Power	£16.51M	12.79	-£27.22M	-£0.04	-856.00

Do analysts recommend MPAC or ITM?

ITM Power has a consensus target price of GBX 74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 117.58%. Given ITM Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ITM Power is more favorable than Mpac Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mpac Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ITM Power	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media refer more to MPAC or ITM?

In the previous week, ITM Power had 3 more articles in the media than Mpac Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ITM Power and 2 mentions for Mpac Group. ITM Power's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Mpac Group's score of 0.45 indicating that ITM Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MPAC or ITM?

Mpac Group has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITM Power has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MPAC or ITM more profitable?

Mpac Group has a net margin of 5.11% compared to ITM Power's net margin of -164.90%. Mpac Group's return on equity of 9.41% beat ITM Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mpac Group	5.11%	9.41%	4.06%
ITM Power	-164.90%	-9.65%	-5.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MPAC or ITM?

ITM Power received 139 more outperform votes than Mpac Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave ITM Power an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Mpac Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mpac Group	Outperform Votes 35 50.00%	Underperform Votes 35 50.00%
ITM Power	Outperform Votes 174 66.67%	Underperform Votes 87 33.33%

Summary

ITM Power beats Mpac Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.