ZTEK vs. ASPI, ARQ, FTK, FSI, ESI, CBT, WDFC, OEC, DADA, and ADTN
Should you be buying Zentek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zentek include ASP Isotopes (ASPI), ARQ (ARQ), Flotek Industries (FTK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Element Solutions (ESI), Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), Dada Nexus (DADA), and ADTRAN (ADTN).
Zentek (NASDAQ:ZTEK) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Zentek's return on equity of -44.98% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.
Zentek has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASP Isotopes. Zentek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASP Isotopes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASP Isotopes has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given ASP Isotopes' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than Zentek.
ASP Isotopes received 2 more outperform votes than Zentek when rated by MarketBeat users.
0.8% of Zentek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Zentek had 2 more articles in the media than ASP Isotopes. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zentek and 2 mentions for ASP Isotopes. Zentek's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.59 indicating that Zentek is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zentek has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 5.15, indicating that its stock price is 415% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ASP Isotopes beats Zentek on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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