ITX vs. IOF, WCH, DCTA, HAYD, HDD, VRS, ESKN, AGM, BIOM, and ZED
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), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Hardide (HDD), Versarien (VRS), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Biome Technologies (BIOM), and Zenova Group (ZED). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Iofina had 2 more articles in the media than Itaconix. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Iofina and 0 mentions for Itaconix. Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Iofina'saverage media sentiment score.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iofina has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Iofina received 96 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave Iofina an outperform vote.
51.2% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Iofina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Iofina has a consensus price target of GBX 36.25, suggesting a potential upside of 61.47%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Iofina is more favorable than Itaconix.
Summary
Iofina beats Itaconix on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
