ITX vs. IOF, WCH, DCTA, HDD, BIOM, HAYD, ZED, VRS, ESKN, and AGM
Should you be buying Itaconix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaconix include Iofina (IOF), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Directa Plus (DCTA), Hardide (HDD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Zenova Group (ZED), Versarien (VRS), Esken (ESKN), and Applied Graphene Materials (AGM). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Itaconix vs.
Itaconix (LON:ITX) and Iofina (LON:IOF) 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 media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
Iofina has higher revenue and earnings than Itaconix. Itaconix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iofina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.2% of Itaconix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Iofina shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Iofina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Iofina has a consensus target price of GBX 35, suggesting a potential upside of 81.82%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Iofina is more favorable than Itaconix.
In the previous week, Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Iofina'saverage media sentiment score.
Iofina has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Itaconix's net margin of -28.28%. Iofina's return on equity of 8.29% beat Itaconix's return on equity.
Iofina received 95 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote while only 66.21% of users gave Iofina an outperform vote.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iofina has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Iofina beats Itaconix on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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