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Itaconix (ITX) Competitors

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GBX 135 +2.50 (+1.89%)
As of 08/1/2025 11:55 AM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Itaconix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaconix include Iofina (IOF), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Directa Plus (DCTA), Hardide (HDD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Versarien (VRS), and Zenova Group (ZED). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Itaconix vs. Its Competitors

Iofina (LON:IOF) and Itaconix (LON:ITX) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Iofina's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Itaconix'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Iofina Neutral
Itaconix Neutral

Iofina presently has a consensus price target of GBX 37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Itaconix has a consensus price target of GBX 325, suggesting a potential upside of 140.74%. Given Itaconix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Itaconix is more favorable than Iofina.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iofina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Itaconix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Iofina has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Iofina has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Itaconix's net margin of -28.24%. Iofina's return on equity of 8.00% beat Itaconix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iofina6.98% 8.00% 5.18%
Itaconix -28.24%-18.31%-9.90%

6.4% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.1% of Iofina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Itaconix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iofina£61.34M0.94£4.28M£1.4216.84
Itaconix£5.28M3.45-£1.49M-£11.05-12.22

Summary

Iofina beats Itaconix on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITX vs. The Competition

MetricItaconixSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£18.21M£7.96B£3.18B£3.03B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%5.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio-12.2211.98117.77176.74
Price / Sales3.4557.7130,017,513,221,196,900.00264,367.13
Price / Cash24.9619.2523.7827.97
Price / Book2.264.465.894.54
Net Income-£1.49M£220.83M£148.55M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.19%-2.60%-3.19%-0.92%
1 Month Performance1.50%-0.82%1.49%6.15%
1 Year Performance-20.59%-7.09%28.80%71.63%

Itaconix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 135
+1.9%
GBX 325
+140.7%
-21.5%£18.21M£5.28M-12.2217
IOF
Iofina
N/AGBX 25.65
-3.2%
GBX 37.50
+46.2%
+11.6%£61.58M£61.34M18.0095
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.69
+8.7%
N/A+90.4%£25.94M£14.20M-1.4467Gap Up
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 9
-5.3%
N/A-45.5%£12.11M£20.29M-1.60187Gap Up
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.90
+1.9%
N/A+15.5%£6.23M£6.11M-3.3046Gap Down
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7.45
+0.7%
N/A-73.5%£3.84M£78.36M-0.2227
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643K£127K-20.00160Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.02
-15.8%
N/A-76.5%£373K£5.32M-0.4070
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.23
-2.1%
N/A-83.3%£330K£267.34K-0.1911

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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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