Zotefoams (ZTF) Competitors

Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) and Essentra (LON:ESNT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ZTF or ESNT?

71.7% of Zotefoams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 121.7% of Essentra shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Zotefoams shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Essentra shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ZTF or ESNT?

Zotefoams has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essentra has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ZTF or ESNT?

Zotefoams has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Essentra.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zotefoams	£133.40M	1.26	£9.93M	£0.20	1,735.00
Essentra	£309.70M	1.41	£5.80M	N/A	N/A

Is ZTF or ESNT more profitable?

Zotefoams has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Essentra's net margin of -0.07%. Zotefoams' return on equity of 8.52% beat Essentra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zotefoams	7.45%	8.52%	5.48%
Essentra	-0.07%	0.22%	1.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZTF or ESNT?

Essentra received 116 more outperform votes than Zotefoams when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave Essentra an outperform vote while only 69.49% of users gave Zotefoams an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zotefoams	Outperform Votes 246 69.49%	Underperform Votes 108 30.51%
Essentra	Outperform Votes 362 72.84%	Underperform Votes 135 27.16%

Does the media refer more to ZTF or ESNT?

In the previous week, Zotefoams and Zotefoams both had 1 articles in the media. Zotefoams' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Essentra's score of 0.59 indicating that Zotefoams is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zotefoams	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Essentra	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ZTF or ESNT?

Essentra has a consensus price target of GBX 216.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.92%. Given Essentra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Essentra is more favorable than Zotefoams.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zotefoams	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Essentra	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ZTF or ESNT a better dividend stock?

Zotefoams pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Essentra pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Zotefoams pays out 3,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Essentra beats Zotefoams on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.