ASP Isotopes (ASPI) Competitors

ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate ARQ or ASPI?

ASP Isotopes has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.63%. Given ARQ's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than ARQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, ARQ or ASPI?

ARQ has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 5.15, indicating that its stock price is 415% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARQ or ASPI?

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of ASP Isotopes 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.

Is ARQ or ASPI more profitable?

ASP Isotopes has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -8.15%. ASP Isotopes' return on equity of -4.65% beat ARQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARQ	-8.15%	-4.65%	-3.51%
ASP Isotopes	N/A	-152.72%	-79.30%

Does the media favor ARQ or ASPI?

In the previous week, ARQ had 4 more articles in the media than ASP Isotopes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ARQ and 2 mentions for ASP Isotopes. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.23 indicating that ASP Isotopes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARQ	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ASP Isotopes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, ARQ or ASPI?

ARQ has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASP Isotopes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARQ	$99.18M	2.53	-$12.25M	-$0.27	-25.78
ASP Isotopes	$1.27M	207.72	-$16.29M	-$0.53	-9.64

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARQ or ASPI?

ASP Isotopes received 3 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARQ	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

ASP Isotopes beats ARQ on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.