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Directa Plus (DCTA) Competitors

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DCTA vs. WCH, ITX, HDD, BIOM, HAYD, ESKN, VRS, AGM, ZED, and CRDA

Should you be buying Directa Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Directa Plus include Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Hardide (HDD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Esken (ESKN), Versarien (VRS), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Zenova Group (ZED), and Croda International (CRDA). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Directa Plus vs.

Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (LON:WCH) and Directa Plus (LON:DCTA) 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 profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Directa Plus received 74 more outperform votes than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.55% of users gave Directa Plus an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)Outperform Votes
28
58.33%
Underperform Votes
20
41.67%
Directa PlusOutperform Votes
102
67.55%
Underperform Votes
49
32.45%

Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Directa Plus. Directa Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/A-£0.60N/A
Directa Plus£20.29M0.46-£9.74M-£5.62-1.24

Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Directa Plus' net margin of -48.00%. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Directa Plus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/A N/A N/A
Directa Plus -48.00%-82.37%-22.41%

20.5% of Directa Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 57.9% of Directa Plus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Directa Plus'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Neutral
Directa Plus Neutral

Summary

Directa Plus beats Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DCTA vs. The Competition

MetricDirecta PlusSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£9.35M£8.21B£3.09B£2.66B
Dividend YieldN/A3.58%5.21%5.05%
P/E Ratio-1.2413.2268.06129.21
Price / Sales0.4651.0725,633,028,482,418,500.00221,406.02
Price / Cash7.5119.2524.3428.02
Price / Book0.784.715.213.79
Net Income-£9.74M£220.83M£156.63M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.71%18.18%2.51%0.63%
1 Month Performance-7.33%24.04%5.64%22.11%
1 Year Performance-63.42%-13.47%17.18%120.87%

Directa Plus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 6.95
-0.7%
N/A-62.5%£9.35M£20.29M-1.24187Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 104
-1.0%
N/A-36.0%£14.03M£5.28M-9.4117Gap Down
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 6.80
-1.1%
N/A+18.8%£5.36M£6.11M-2.8446Earnings Report
Gap Up
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 9.97
-0.4%
N/A-86.1%£5.14M£78.36M-0.2927
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.13
+1.6%
N/A-68.8%£4.89M£14.20M-0.2767Gap Down
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714,000.00£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.03
+3.4%
N/A-70.2%£699,000.00£5.32M-0.7570High Trading Volume
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643,000.00£127,000.00-20.00160Gap Down
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.23
-4.2%
N/A-87.7%£330,000.00£267,344.65-0.1911High Trading Volume
CRDA
Croda International
1.517 of 5 stars
GBX 3,148
+1.1%
GBX 3,766.67
+19.7%
-34.1%£4.40B£1.63B27.055,852Positive News

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This page (LON:DCTA) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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