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Synthomer (SYNT) Competitors

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GBX 63.20 +0.20 (+0.32%)
As of 08/6/2025 11:58 AM Eastern

SYNT vs. SCPA, ESNT, ZTF, TET, IOF, HAYD, WCH, ITX, DCTA, and HDD

Should you be buying Synthomer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synthomer include Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Treatt (TET), Iofina (IOF), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), and Hardide (HDD). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Synthomer vs. Its Competitors

Synthomer (LON:SYNT) and Scapa Group (LON:SCPA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Scapa Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Synthomer's net margin of -4.40%. Scapa Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Synthomer's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synthomer-4.40% -7.52% -0.28%
Scapa Group N/A N/A N/A

Synthomer presently has a consensus target price of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 153.16%. Given Synthomer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synthomer is more favorable than Scapa Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synthomer
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Scapa Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Synthomer had 29 more articles in the media than Scapa Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Synthomer and 0 mentions for Scapa Group. Synthomer's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Scapa Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Synthomer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Synthomer Neutral
Scapa Group Neutral

43.8% of Synthomer shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Synthomer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Scapa Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Synthomer. Synthomer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scapa Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synthomer£1.87B0.06-£82.04M-£49.90-1.27
Scapa Group£281.80M0.00N/A-£29.30N/A

Summary

Synthomer beats Scapa Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SYNT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SYNT vs. The Competition

MetricSynthomerSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£103.63M£8.11B£3.26B£3.07B
Dividend Yield28.47%3.52%5.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1.2712.19105.85167.82
Price / Sales0.0658.9131,270,591,557,448,600.00340,578.78
Price / Cash2.2819.2523.8927.97
Price / Book0.094.535.994.55
Net Income-£82.04M£220.83M£148.72M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-22.93%0.02%2.40%0.54%
1 Month Performance-32.55%-0.28%3.09%4.30%
1 Year Performance-74.15%-3.15%36.58%58.40%

Synthomer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYNT
Synthomer
3.1107 of 5 stars
GBX 63.20
+0.3%
GBX 160
+153.2%
-73.2%£103.63M£1.87B-1.274,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
2.1654 of 5 stars
GBX 101.80
-1.0%
GBX 191.67
+88.3%
-34.2%£292.61M£309.74M83.86350
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 332
+19.4%
N/A-23.3%£159.69M£131.66M16.07549News Coverage
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
TET
Treatt
N/AGBX 207.50
-0.7%
GBX 450
+116.9%
-51.0%£125.46M£142.31M11.21350Dividend Increase
IOF
Iofina
N/AGBX 26
+6.1%
GBX 37.50
+44.2%
+26.3%£62.42M£61.34M18.2595
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.64
-2.2%
N/A+81.6%£23.91M£14.20M-1.3367Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 133.85
-0.5%
GBX 325
+142.8%
-12.6%£18.05M£5.28M-12.1117
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 10.95
+4.3%
N/A-39.2%£14.73M£20.29M-1.95187Insider Trade
Gap Down
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.78
+0.4%
N/A+19.7%£6.13M£6.11M-3.2546Gap Down

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This page (LON:SYNT) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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