SDST vs. NGVT, PCT, ECVT, VHI, WLKP, ASIX, UAN, LXFR, ARQ, and ORGN
Should you be buying Stardust Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stardust Power include Ingevity (NGVT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Ecovyst (ECVT), Valhi (VHI), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), CVR Partners (UAN), Luxfer (LXFR), ARQ (ARQ), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) and Stardust Power (NASDAQ:SDST) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Ingevity received 378 more outperform votes than Stardust Power when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Ingevity had 3 more articles in the media than Stardust Power. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ingevity and 0 mentions for Stardust Power. Ingevity's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Stardust Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Ingevity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingevity currently has a consensus price target of $51.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.17%. Given Ingevity's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ingevity is more favorable than Stardust Power.
Stardust Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingevity.
Ingevity has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stardust Power has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.6% of Ingevity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Stardust Power shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Ingevity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.6% of Stardust Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stardust Power has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ingevity's net margin of -27.85%. Ingevity's return on equity of 19.59% beat Stardust Power's return on equity.
Summary
Ingevity beats Stardust Power on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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