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Hardide (HDD) Competitors

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GBX 6.52 -0.23 (-3.33%)
As of 02/21/2025 05:46 AM Eastern

HDD vs. WCH, ITX, DCTA, HAYD, BIOM, VRS, ESKN, AGM, ZED, and CRDA

Should 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.

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.

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.

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

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 Ratio
Hardide£6.11M0.84-£1.89M-£2.39-2.73
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/A-£0.60N/A

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HardideOutperform Votes
105
51.72%
Underperform Votes
98
48.28%
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)Outperform Votes
28
58.33%
Underperform Votes
20
41.67%

Summary

Hardide beats Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HDD vs. The Competition

MetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.14M£9.80B£3.15B£2.64B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.58%5.14%4.98%
P/E Ratio-2.7312.33104.09162.45
Price / Sales0.8457.9025,801,666,827,886,400.00313,812.36
Price / Cash9.1719.2524.3528.15
Price / Book0.986.894.935.16
Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£152.67M£5.75B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 6.53
-3.3%
N/A+18.7%£5.14M£6.11M-2.7346News Coverage
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 131
+3.5%
N/A+3.9%£17.67M£5.28M-11.8617Gap Up
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 6.50
-5.8%
N/A-61.3%£8.74M£20.29M-1.16187Gap Down
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.12
-2.5%
N/A-75.0%£4.32M£14.20M-0.2467Gap Down
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 3.26
-13.2%
N/A-98.4%£1.68M£78.36M-0.0927News Coverage
Gap Up
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.03
-2.9%
N/A-71.9%£792,000.00£5.32M-0.8570Gap Up
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714,000.00£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643,000.00£127,000.00-20.00160Gap Down
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.39
-16.1%
N/A-90.1%£553,000.00£267,344.65-0.3211Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRDA
Croda International
2.2098 of 5 stars
GBX 3,220
+0.6%
GBX 4,900
+52.2%
-34.9%£4.50B£1.63B27.675,852News Coverage
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