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Zenova Group (ZED) Competitors

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As of 08/5/2025 07:14 AM Eastern

ZED vs. ESKN, AGM, VRS, CRDA, JMAT, ELM, VCT, SCPA, ESNT, and ZTF

Should you be buying Zenova Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zenova Group include Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Versarien (VRS), Croda International (CRDA), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), and Zotefoams (ZTF). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Zenova Group vs. Its Competitors

Zenova Group (LON:ZED) and Esken (LON:ESKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

14.5% of Zenova Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Esken shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.6% of Zenova Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Esken shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zenova Group has a beta of -0.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esken has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Zenova Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Esken'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zenova Group Neutral
Esken Neutral

Esken has a net margin of -67.12% compared to Zenova Group's net margin of -652.91%. Zenova Group's return on equity of -67.49% beat Esken's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zenova Group-652.91% -67.49% -40.83%
Esken -67.12%-461.07%-2.10%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zenova Group£267.34K1.18-£1.75M-£1.19-0.18
Esken£114.53M0.00-£73.10M-£0.08N/A

Summary

Esken beats Zenova Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ZED vs. The Competition

MetricZenova GroupSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£315K£8.11B£3.23B£3.07B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%5.21%5.02%
P/E Ratio-0.1812.15109.76167.26
Price / Sales1.1858.6728,712,403,950,897,000.00342,537.36
Price / CashN/A19.2523.8627.97
Price / Book0.124.505.964.54
Net Income-£1.75M£220.83M£148.72M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-4.35%-1.24%1.74%0.82%
1 Month Performance-4.35%-0.80%2.79%11.72%
1 Year Performance-84.83%-3.54%34.26%70.33%

Zenova Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.22
-4.3%
N/A-84.6%£315K£267.34K-0.1811Gap Down
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
+6.7%
N/A-74.0%£373K£5.32M-0.4070Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRDA
Croda International
2.4025 of 5 stars
GBX 2,627
+0.6%
GBX 3,133.33
+19.3%
-32.9%£3.67B£1.63B22.575,852News Coverage
Insider Trade
JMAT
Johnson Matthey
1.3863 of 5 stars
GBX 1,736
-1.8%
GBX 1,875
+8.0%
+11.6%£2.90B£11.69B29.50N/A
ELM
Elementis
1.1296 of 5 stars
GBX 171.20
-1.6%
GBX 170
-0.7%
+16.1%£1.26B£919.45M-36.321,281Positive News
VCT
Victrex
1.6342 of 5 stars
GBX 690
+0.4%
GBX 822
+19.1%
-33.5%£601.90M£285.02M19.601,109Dividend Increase
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
2.1641 of 5 stars
GBX 102.60
-1.9%
GBX 191.67
+86.8%
-34.7%£294.91M£309.74M84.52350High Trading Volume
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 274
-1.4%
N/A-33.0%£131.79M£131.66M13.27549News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up

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