ITX vs. DCTA, HAYD, IOF, PXC, ARS, POW, GSP, MKA, LEX, and KP2
Should you be buying Itaconix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaconix include Directa Plus (DCTA), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Iofina (IOF), Phoenix Copper (PXC), Asiamet Resources (ARS), Power Metal Resources (POW), Gensource Potash (GSP), Mkango Resources (MKA), Lexington Gold (LEX), and Kore Potash (KP2). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Directa Plus (LON:DCTA) and Itaconix (LON:ITX) 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, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Itaconix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Directa Plus. Itaconix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Directa Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Itaconix had 1 more articles in the media than Directa Plus. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Itaconix and 0 mentions for Directa Plus. Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Directa Plus' score of -0.76 indicating that Directa Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Directa Plus received 3 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote while only 67.55% of users gave Directa Plus an outperform vote.
Itaconix has a net margin of -30.98% compared to Itaconix's net margin of -44.70%. Directa Plus' return on equity of -34.15% beat Itaconix's return on equity.
Directa Plus has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itaconix has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
17.9% of Directa Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Itaconix shares are held by institutional investors. 77.1% of Directa Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Itaconix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Itaconix beats Directa Plus on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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