BIOM vs. ITX, DCTA, HAYD, HDD, VRS, ESKN, AGM, ZED, CRDA, and JMAT
Should you be buying Biome Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Biome Technologies include Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Hardide (HDD), Versarien (VRS), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Zenova Group (ZED), Croda International (CRDA), and Johnson Matthey (JMAT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Biome Technologies vs.
Itaconix (LON:ITX) and Biome Technologies (LON:BIOM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Biome Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Itaconix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Biome Technologies and 0 mentions for Itaconix. Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Biome Technologies' score of -0.42 indicating that Itaconix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Biome Technologies has a net margin of -22.60% compared to Itaconix's net margin of -28.24%. Itaconix's return on equity of -18.31% beat Biome Technologies' return on equity.
51.2% of Itaconix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Biome Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.5% of Biome Technologies shares are held 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.
Biome Technologies received 12 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave Biome Technologies an outperform vote while only 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote.
Itaconix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Biome Technologies. Itaconix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Biome Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biome Technologies has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Biome Technologies beats Itaconix on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BIOM) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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