ECO vs. NEO, BOS, VNP, CHE.UN, FAR, CNL, ARG, ADN, ETG, and JAG
Should you be buying EcoSynthetix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EcoSynthetix include Neo Performance Materials (NEO), AirBoss of America (BOS), 5N Plus (VNP), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), Foraco International (FAR), Collective Mining (CNL), Amerigo Resources (ARG), Acadian Timber (ADN), Entrée Resources (ETG), and Jaguar Mining (JAG). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
EcoSynthetix (TSE:ECO) and Neo Performance Materials (TSE:NEO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
EcoSynthetix has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neo Performance Materials has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EcoSynthetix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Neo Performance Materials. EcoSynthetix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Neo Performance Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.8% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.3% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of EcoSynthetix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Neo Performance Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Neo Performance Materials had 12 more articles in the media than EcoSynthetix. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Neo Performance Materials and 7 mentions for EcoSynthetix. EcoSynthetix's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Neo Performance Materials' score of -0.09 indicating that EcoSynthetix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EcoSynthetix received 230 more outperform votes than Neo Performance Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.39% of users gave EcoSynthetix an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Neo Performance Materials an outperform vote.
Neo Performance Materials has a net margin of -1.48% compared to EcoSynthetix's net margin of -17.17%. Neo Performance Materials' return on equity of -1.84% beat EcoSynthetix's return on equity.
Neo Performance Materials has a consensus price target of C$9.83, indicating a potential upside of 43.55%. Given Neo Performance Materials' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Neo Performance Materials is more favorable than EcoSynthetix.
Summary
Neo Performance Materials beats EcoSynthetix on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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