BGC vs. AYI, ENPH, GNRC, FELE, BDC, ENS, BRC, VICR, POWL, and AMSC
Should you be buying General Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Cable include Acuity Brands (AYI), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Generac (GNRC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Vicor (VICR), Powell Industries (POWL), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
General Cable vs.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and General Cable (NYSE:BGC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of General Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Cable has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Acuity Brands presently has a consensus target price of $341.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.49%. General Cable has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.41%. Given General Cable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Cable is more favorable than Acuity Brands.
Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to General Cable's net margin of 1.74%. General Cable's return on equity of 48.53% beat Acuity Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, Acuity Brands had 13 more articles in the media than General Cable. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Acuity Brands and 1 mentions for General Cable. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat General Cable's score of 0.00 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. General Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Acuity Brands pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Cable pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Acuity Brands received 446 more outperform votes than General Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 64.99% of users gave General Cable an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than General Cable. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Cable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats General Cable on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BGC) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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