Hardide (HDD) Competitors GBX 6.52 -0.23 (-3.33%) As of 02/21/2025 05:46 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarnings HDD vs. WCH, ITX, DCTA, HAYD, BIOM, VRS, ESKN, AGM, ZED, and CRDAShould you be buying Hardide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hardide include Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Versarien (VRS), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Zenova Group (ZED), and Croda International (CRDA). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry. Hardide vs. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Itaconix Directa Plus Haydale Graphene Industries Biome Technologies Versarien Esken Applied Graphene Materials Zenova Group Croda International Hardide (LON:HDD) and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (LON:WCH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HDD or WCH? 25.7% of Hardide shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.0% of Hardide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer HDD or WCH? In the previous week, Hardide had 1 more articles in the media than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hardide and 0 mentions for Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). Hardide's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Hardide Neutral Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Neutral Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HDD or WCH? Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hardide. Hardide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHardide£6.11M0.84-£1.89M-£2.39-2.73Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/A-£0.60N/A Is HDD or WCH more profitable? Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hardide's net margin of -30.89%. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hardide's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hardide-30.89% -34.98% -9.80% Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HDD or WCH? Hardide received 77 more outperform votes than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Hardide an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHardideOutperform Votes10551.72% Underperform Votes9848.28% Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)Outperform Votes2858.33% Underperform Votes2041.67% SummaryHardide beats Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Hardide News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HDD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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.Skip Chart HDD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£5.14M£9.80B£3.15B£2.64BDividend Yield6.30%3.58%5.14%4.98%P/E Ratio-2.7312.33104.09162.45Price / Sales0.8457.9025,801,666,827,886,400.00313,812.36Price / Cash9.1719.2524.3528.15Price / Book0.986.894.935.16Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£152.67M£5.75B7 Day Performance-6.72%-1.60%-0.85%-1.02%1 Month Performance15.69%0.69%2.16%-0.86%1 Year Performance31.84%-12.82%33.02%39.56% Hardide Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDDHardideN/AGBX 6.53-3.3%N/A+18.7%£5.14M£6.11M-2.7346News CoverageWCHWilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003ITXItaconixN/AGBX 131+3.5%N/A+3.9%£17.67M£5.28M-11.8617Gap UpDCTADirecta PlusN/AGBX 6.50-5.8%N/A-61.3%£8.74M£20.29M-1.16187Gap DownHAYDHaydale Graphene IndustriesN/AGBX 0.12-2.5%N/A-75.0%£4.32M£14.20M-0.2467Gap DownBIOMBiome TechnologiesN/AGBX 3.26-13.2%N/A-98.4%£1.68M£78.36M-0.0927News CoverageGap UpVRSVersarienN/AGBX 0.03-2.9%N/A-71.9%£792,000.00£5.32M-0.8570Gap UpESKNEskenN/AN/AN/AN/A£714,000.00£114.53M-0.88678Gap DownAGMApplied Graphene MaterialsN/AN/AN/AN/A£643,000.00£127,000.00-20.00160Gap DownZEDZenova GroupN/AGBX 0.39-16.1%N/A-90.1%£553,000.00£267,344.65-0.3211Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeCRDACroda International2.2098 of 5 starsGBX 3,220+0.6%GBX 4,900+52.2%-34.9%£4.50B£1.63B27.675,852News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Competitors Itaconix Competitors Directa Plus Competitors Haydale Graphene Industries Competitors Biome Technologies Competitors Versarien Competitors Esken Competitors Applied Graphene Materials Competitors Zenova Group Competitors Croda International Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:HDD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEx-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000”Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. ...Colonial Metals | SponsoredAlert: DOGE goes live"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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