Hardide (HDD) Competitors

Hardide (LON:HDD) and Directa Plus (LON:DCTA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HDD or DCTA?

25.7% of Hardide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Directa Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 45.0% of Hardide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.9% of Directa Plus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HDD or DCTA?

Hardide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Directa Plus. Hardide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Directa Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hardide	£4.73M	0.91	-£1.46M	-£0.03	-183.33
Directa Plus	£9.33M	0.73	-£4.48M	-£0.06	-108.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HDD or DCTA?

Hardide received 3 more outperform votes than Directa Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.55% of users gave Directa Plus an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Hardide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hardide	Outperform Votes 105 51.72%	Underperform Votes 98 48.28%
Directa Plus	Outperform Votes 102 67.55%	Underperform Votes 49 32.45%

Does the media prefer HDD or DCTA?

In the previous week, Hardide had 1 more articles in the media than Directa Plus. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hardide and 0 mentions for Directa Plus. Hardide's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Directa Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Hardide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hardide	Positive
Directa Plus	Neutral

Is HDD or DCTA more profitable?

Hardide has a net margin of -30.89% compared to Directa Plus' net margin of -48.00%. Hardide's return on equity of -32.89% beat Directa Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hardide	-30.89%	-32.89%	-9.80%
Directa Plus	-48.00%	-67.15%	-22.41%

Which has more volatility and risk, HDD or DCTA?

Hardide has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Directa Plus has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hardide beats Directa Plus on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.