ITP vs. RKDA, TANH, CHNR, AUMN, PACK, ASTLW, SID, BVN, UAN, and FMSTW
Should you be buying IT Tech Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IT Tech Packaging include Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), Tantech (TANH), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Ranpak (PACK), Algoma Steel Group (ASTLW), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), CVR Partners (UAN), and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMSTW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Arcadia Biosciences (NASDAQ:RKDA) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IT Tech Packaging has a net margin of -14.88% compared to IT Tech Packaging's net margin of -129.74%. Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity of -6.51% beat IT Tech Packaging's return on equity.
Arcadia Biosciences received 259 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 57.96% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences an outperform vote.
17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of IT Tech Packaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arcadia Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 203.03%. Given IT Tech Packaging's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than IT Tech Packaging.
IT Tech Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadia Biosciences. Arcadia Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IT Tech Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Arcadia Biosciences had 13 more articles in the media than IT Tech Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Arcadia Biosciences and 3 mentions for IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Arcadia Biosciences' score of -0.43 indicating that Arcadia Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Arcadia Biosciences and IT Tech Packaging tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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