Zentek (ZTEK) Competitors

Zentek (NASDAQ:ZTEK) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZTEK or LXFR?

Luxfer received 290 more outperform votes than Zentek when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Zentek an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zentek	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ZTEK or LXFR?

0.8% of Zentek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ZTEK or LXFR?

Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than Zentek. Zentek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, 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
Zentek	$20K	5,309.61	-$8.68M	-$0.07	-14.57
Luxfer	$405M	0.94	-$1.90M	$0.33	43.03

Is ZTEK or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Zentek's net margin of -16,555.32%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Zentek's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zentek	-16,555.32%	-58.13%	-50.87%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

Which has more risk and volatility, ZTEK or LXFR?

Zentek has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ZTEK or LXFR?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than Zentek. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for Zentek. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Zentek's score of 0.72 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zentek	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Luxfer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Luxfer beats Zentek on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.