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Directa Plus (DCTA) Competitors

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GBX 9.90 +0.40 (+4.21%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:42 PM Eastern

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

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

Directa Plus vs. Its Competitors

Haydale Graphene Industries (LON:HAYD) and Directa Plus (LON:DCTA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Directa Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Haydale Graphene Industries. Directa Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haydale Graphene Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Haydale Graphene Industries£14.20M1.72-£18.01M-£0.48-1.36
Directa Plus£20.29M0.66-£9.74M-£5.62-1.76

In the previous week, Haydale Graphene Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Directa Plus'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Haydale Graphene Industries Neutral
Directa Plus Neutral

Haydale Graphene Industries has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Directa Plus has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

37.8% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Directa Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.9% of Directa Plus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Directa Plus has a net margin of -48.00% compared to Haydale Graphene Industries' net margin of -126.76%. Directa Plus' return on equity of -82.37% beat Haydale Graphene Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Haydale Graphene Industries-126.76% -96.62% -20.66%
Directa Plus -48.00%-82.37%-22.41%

Summary

Haydale Graphene Industries beats Directa Plus on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DCTA vs. The Competition

MetricDirecta PlusSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£13.32M£7.96B£3.17B£3.03B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%5.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1.7611.96117.77176.75
Price / Sales0.6657.8030,017,513,221,196,900.00264,362.45
Price / Cash7.5119.2523.7827.97
Price / Book1.114.445.884.53
Net Income-£9.74M£220.83M£148.55M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-10.00%-2.77%-3.24%12.58%
1 Month Performance-29.29%-1.00%1.42%6.10%
1 Year Performance-46.49%-7.24%28.80%71.60%

Directa Plus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 9.90
+4.2%
N/A-45.5%£13.32M£20.29M-1.76187Gap Down
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.65
-3.6%
N/A+90.4%£24.47M£14.20M-1.3667
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 135
+1.9%
GBX 325
+140.7%
-21.5%£18.21M£5.28M-12.2217
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.51
-3.1%
N/A+15.5%£5.92M£6.11M-3.1446Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7.45
+0.7%
N/A-73.5%£3.84M£78.36M-0.2227
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643K£127K-20.00160Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.02
+6.7%
N/A-76.5%£373K£5.32M-0.4070Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.24
+2.1%
N/A-83.3%£344K£267.34K-0.2011
CRDA
Croda International
2.1374 of 5 stars
GBX 2,627
+0.6%
GBX 3,133.33
+19.3%
-33.8%£3.67B£1.63B22.575,852News Coverage
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This page (LON:DCTA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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