Tantech (TANH) Competitors

Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) and Tantech (NASDAQ:TANH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LOOP or TANH?

Tantech has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loop Industries	$150K	431.75	-$21.09M	-$0.56	-2.43
Tantech	$47.32M	0.01	$5.58M	N/A	N/A

Is LOOP or TANH more profitable?

Tantech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Loop Industries' net margin of -21,561.11%. Tantech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Loop Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loop Industries	-21,561.11%	-350.30%	-126.88%
Tantech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LOOP or TANH?

Loop Industries received 22 more outperform votes than Tantech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Loop Industries an outperform vote while only 36.86% of users gave Tantech an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loop Industries	Outperform Votes 123 66.49%	Underperform Votes 62 33.51%
Tantech	Outperform Votes 101 36.86%	Underperform Votes 173 63.14%

Does the media prefer LOOP or TANH?

In the previous week, Loop Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Tantech. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Loop Industries and 3 mentions for Tantech. Loop Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Tantech's score of -0.25 indicating that Loop Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loop Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Tantech	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, LOOP or TANH?

Loop Industries has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tantech has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LOOP or TANH?

4.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Tantech shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Tantech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Loop Industries beats Tantech on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.