Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) and Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do analysts rate ASPI or TSE?

ASP Isotopes currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.49%. Given ASP Isotopes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than Trinseo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Trinseo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASPI or TSE?

Trinseo received 341 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Trinseo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Trinseo	Outperform Votes 348 60.52%	Underperform Votes 227 39.48%

Is ASPI or TSE more profitable?

Trinseo has a net margin of -9.92% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -807.39%. Trinseo's return on equity of 0.00% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%
Trinseo	-9.92%	N/A	-9.59%

Does the media prefer ASPI or TSE?

In the previous week, ASP Isotopes had 5 more articles in the media than Trinseo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ASP Isotopes and 2 mentions for Trinseo. Trinseo's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ASP Isotopes' score of -0.87 indicating that Trinseo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ASPI or TSE?

ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.44, suggesting that its stock price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinseo has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ASPI or TSE?

ASP Isotopes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trinseo. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinseo, 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
ASP Isotopes	$4.14M	98.43	-$16.29M	-$0.61	-9.28
Trinseo	$3.51B	0.04	-$348.50M	-$9.86	-0.36

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ASPI or TSE?

16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Trinseo shares are held by institutional investors. 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Trinseo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ASP Isotopes beats Trinseo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.