HAYD vs. IOF, WCH, ITX, DCTA, HDD, BIOM, ZED, ESKN, AGM, and VRS
Should you be buying Haydale Graphene Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haydale Graphene Industries include Iofina (IOF), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Hardide (HDD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Zenova Group (ZED), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), and Versarien (VRS). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Haydale Graphene Industries vs. Its Competitors
Iofina (LON:IOF) and Haydale Graphene Industries (LON:HAYD) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Iofina has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Haydale Graphene Industries' net margin of -126.76%. Iofina's return on equity of 8.00% beat Haydale Graphene Industries' return on equity.
0.5% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Iofina shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Iofina has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haydale Graphene Industries has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Iofina presently has a consensus price target of GBX 40, suggesting a potential upside of 73.09%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Iofina is more favorable than Haydale Graphene Industries.
Iofina has higher revenue and earnings than Haydale Graphene Industries. Haydale Graphene Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iofina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Haydale Graphene Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Iofina. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Haydale Graphene Industries and 0 mentions for Iofina. Haydale Graphene Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Iofina's score of 0.00 indicating that Haydale Graphene Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Iofina beats Haydale Graphene Industries on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HAYD) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff