TANH vs. ITP, RKDA, LODE, GAMC, AMTX, WLKP, SXT, MEOH, NEU, and LYB
Should you be buying Tantech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tantech include IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), Comstock (LODE), Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC), Aemetis (AMTX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Sensient Technologies (SXT), Methanex (MEOH), NewMarket (NEU), and LyondellBasell Industries (LYB).
Tantech (NASDAQ:TANH) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Tantech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IT Tech Packaging.
Tantech has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.0% of Tantech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Tantech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IT Tech Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Tantech's score of 0.00 indicating that IT Tech Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tantech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IT Tech Packaging's net margin of -11.49%. Tantech's return on equity of 0.00% beat IT Tech Packaging's return on equity.
Tantech received 76 more outperform votes than IT Tech Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.52% of users gave IT Tech Packaging an outperform vote while only 41.91% of users gave Tantech an outperform vote.
Summary
Tantech beats IT Tech Packaging on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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