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General Cable (BGC) Competitors

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BGC vs. GNRC, AYI, BDC, FELE, ENPH, ENS, BRC, POWL, AMSC, and VICR

Should you be buying General Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Cable include Generac (GNRC), Acuity (AYI), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Enersys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), American Superconductor (AMSC), and Vicor (VICR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

General Cable vs. Its Competitors

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) and General Cable (NYSE:BGC) are both electrical components & equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Generac has a net margin of 7.91% compared to General Cable's net margin of 1.74%. General Cable's return on equity of 48.53% beat Generac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Generac7.91% 19.14% 9.19%
General Cable 1.74%48.53%10.49%

In the previous week, Generac had 18 more articles in the media than General Cable. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Generac and 0 mentions for General Cable. Generac's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat General Cable's score of 0.00 indicating that Generac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Generac Positive
General Cable Neutral

Generac presently has a consensus target price of $170.06, suggesting a potential downside of 16.17%. General Cable has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.21%. Given General Cable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Cable is more favorable than Generac.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Generac
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72
General Cable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Generac has higher revenue and earnings than General Cable. Generac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Cable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Generac$4.41B2.70$325.26M$6.0233.70
General Cable$2.03B2.56$36.26M$0.07150.14

Generac has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Cable has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of General Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Generac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.9% of General Cable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Generac beats General Cable on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BGC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BGC vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral CableSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.19B$25.79B$12.48B$20.98B
Dividend Yield0.52%1.01%5.63%3.65%
P/E Ratio150.1417.0719.6928.93
Price / Sales2.566.3027.3659.78
Price / Cash7.0519.4221.3222.93
Price / Book5.846.032.255.47
Net Income$36.26M$764.90M$1.00B$994.60M

General Cable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGC
General Cable
2.944 of 5 stars
$10.51
+2.4%
$14.00
+33.2%
+13.0%$5.19B$2.03B150.143,895
GNRC
Generac
3.7692 of 5 stars
$193.98
-1.7%
$174.28
-10.2%
+38.5%$11.66B$4.30B32.229,239Positive News
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AYI
Acuity
4.1559 of 5 stars
$307.61
-1.2%
$340.60
+10.7%
+42.9%$9.54B$3.84B24.2413,200Positive News
BDC
Belden
4.6183 of 5 stars
$115.65
-2.4%
$136.50
+18.0%
+31.9%$4.69B$2.46B20.957,500Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.2973 of 5 stars
$94.10
-0.6%
$107.00
+13.7%
-0.5%$4.21B$2.02B24.326,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.9202 of 5 stars
$30.11
-5.6%
$55.22
+83.4%
-69.2%$4.17B$1.33B23.522,781Positive News
ENS
Enersys
4.5084 of 5 stars
$91.41
+0.0%
$118.33
+29.5%
+3.7%$3.58B$3.62B10.1410,858Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
BRC
Brady
3.3946 of 5 stars
$70.84
-0.4%
N/A+4.1%$3.37B$1.34B17.535,700
POWL
Powell Industries
3.9861 of 5 stars
$227.84
-3.6%
$312.00
+36.9%
+65.3%$2.85B$1.01B15.823,187Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.1863 of 5 stars
$54.87
-1.3%
$33.67
-38.6%
+183.4%$2.51B$222.82M140.70330
VICR
Vicor
2.7767 of 5 stars
$46.13
-1.7%
$43.00
-6.8%
+35.5%$2.12B$359.06M31.601,100

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This page (NYSE:BGC) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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