HGAS vs. VNTR, LIN, APD, TROX, MTX, KRO, LXU, VHI, NL, and LXFR
Should you be buying Global Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Gas include Venator Materials (VNTR), Linde (LIN), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Tronox (TROX), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LSB Industries (LXU), Valhi (VHI), NL Industries (NL), and Luxfer (LXFR). These companies are all part of the "industrial inorganic chemicals" industry.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) and Global Gas (NASDAQ:HGAS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Global Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Global Gas and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Global Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Global Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.0% of Venator Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Global Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.5% of Global Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Venator Materials received 431 more outperform votes than Global Gas when rated by MarketBeat users.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Gas has a beta of -0.58, indicating that its stock price is 158% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Venator Materials.
Global Gas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Global Gas' net margin of -8.65%. Global Gas' return on equity of -8.18% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Global Gas beats Venator Materials on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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