SYNT vs. ELM, VCT, ESNT, SCPA, TET, ZTF, IOF, WCH, ITX, and DCTA
Should you be buying Synthomer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synthomer include Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), Essentra (ESNT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Treatt (TET), Zotefoams (ZTF), Iofina (IOF), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), and Directa Plus (DCTA). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Synthomer vs.
Elementis (LON:ELM) and Synthomer (LON:SYNT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Elementis has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Synthomer. Elementis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synthomer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elementis has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synthomer has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Elementis currently has a consensus target price of GBX 173.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.33%. Synthomer has a consensus target price of GBX 288.33, suggesting a potential upside of 81.96%. Given Synthomer's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Synthomer is more favorable than Elementis.
In the previous week, Elementis and Elementis both had 1 articles in the media. Synthomer's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Elementis' score of 0.00 indicating that Synthomer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of Elementis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.8% of Synthomer shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Elementis shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Synthomer shares are held 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.
Synthomer has a net margin of -4.33% compared to Elementis' net margin of -5.22%. Elementis' return on equity of -4.27% beat Synthomer's return on equity.
Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Synthomer pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Elementis pays out -7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synthomer pays out -4,098.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Synthomer received 233 more outperform votes than Elementis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.49% of users gave Synthomer an outperform vote while only 65.73% of users gave Elementis an outperform vote.
Summary
Elementis beats Synthomer on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SYNT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
