GURE vs. LOOP, PQG, GCP, FMC, OLN, ASH, BCPC, HUN, CC, and IOSP
Should you be buying Gulf Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Resources include Loop Industries (LOOP), PQ Group (PQG), GCP Applied Technologies (GCP), FMC (FMC), Olin (OLN), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Huntsman (HUN), Chemours (CC), and Innospec (IOSP).
Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) and Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GURE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
4.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Gulf Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of Loop Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Gulf Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Loop Industries received 1 more outperform votes than Gulf Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.85% of users gave Loop Industries an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Gulf Resources an outperform vote.
Gulf Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries. Loop Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gulf Resources has a net margin of -13.66% compared to Gulf Resources' net margin of -13,859.87%. Loop Industries' return on equity of -2.14% beat Gulf Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Gulf Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Loop Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gulf Resources and 0 mentions for Loop Industries. Gulf Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Loop Industries'average media sentiment score.
Loop Industries currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 198.80%. Given Gulf Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Loop Industries is more favorable than Gulf Resources.
Loop Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Resources has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Loop Industries beats Gulf Resources on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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