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General Cable (BGC) Competitors

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

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), Brady (BRC), EnerSys (ENS), Vicor (VICR), Powell Industries (POWL), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

General Cable vs.

General Cable (NYSE:BGC) and Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Cable1.74% 48.53% 10.49%
Acuity Brands 11.11%19.98%12.44%

52.1% of General Cable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 47.9% of General Cable shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Cable$2.03B2.20$36.26M$0.07129.00
Acuity Brands$3.96B1.89$422.60M$13.1918.34

General Cable has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acuity Brands received 446 more outperform votes than General Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.64% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 64.99% of users gave General Cable an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General CableOutperform Votes
271
64.99%
Underperform Votes
146
35.01%
Acuity BrandsOutperform Votes
717
67.64%
Underperform Votes
343
32.36%

General Cable presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.04%. Acuity Brands has a consensus target price of $317.60, suggesting a potential upside of 31.28%. Given General Cable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Cable is more favorable than Acuity Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Cable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Acuity Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

General Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. General Cable pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity Brands pays out 5.2% 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.

In the previous week, Acuity Brands had 12 more articles in the media than General Cable. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Acuity Brands and 0 mentions for General Cable. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat General Cable's score of 0.00 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
General Cable Neutral
Acuity Brands Very Positive

Summary

Acuity Brands beats General Cable on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BGC vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral CableSecurity & commodity brokers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.46B$28.63B$10.99B$18.78B
Dividend Yield0.52%1.55%5.81%4.05%
P/E Ratio129.0018.5221.9732.70
Price / Sales2.206.8225.9628.26
Price / Cash7.0521.1217.5917.53
Price / Book5.025.232.634.47
Net Income$36.26M$1.00B$1.03B$1.02B

General Cable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGC
General Cable
2.5765 of 5 stars
$9.03
flat
$14.00
+55.0%
+8.8%$4.46B$2.03B129.003,895
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.6297 of 5 stars
$231.77
+1.3%
$317.60
+37.0%
-4.1%$7.16B$3.96B17.0713,200Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.8159 of 5 stars
$53.43
+3.5%
$79.85
+49.4%
-58.5%$7.08B$1.33B72.202,820Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
GNRC
Generac
4.5844 of 5 stars
$110.67
+3.8%
$173.40
+56.7%
-19.1%$6.60B$4.30B20.499,500Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
3.8176 of 5 stars
$86.85
+2.7%
$97.50
+12.3%
-13.7%$3.98B$2.02B22.566,500Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BDC
Belden
4.5028 of 5 stars
$94.73
+2.7%
$126.20
+33.2%
+22.7%$3.77B$2.46B19.698,000Upcoming Earnings
BRC
Brady
2.9503 of 5 stars
$68.00
+2.0%
N/A+16.8%$3.25B$1.42B16.715,700
ENS
EnerSys
4.6261 of 5 stars
$82.12
+2.8%
$117.50
+43.1%
-5.3%$3.24B$3.55B10.1611,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VICR
Vicor
1.818 of 5 stars
$46.84
+3.5%
$43.00
-8.2%
+49.8%$2.12B$359.06M90.081,090Upcoming Earnings
POWL
Powell Industries
4.42 of 5 stars
$165.85
+4.1%
$312.00
+88.1%
+24.5%$2.00B$1.06B12.592,170Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
THR
Thermon Group
4.035 of 5 stars
$25.04
+4.0%
$40.00
+59.7%
-17.9%$843.73M$491.78M18.411,230Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BGC) was last updated on 4/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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