Hardide (HDD) Competitors GBX 7.08 -0.79 (-10.06%) As of 10:54 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsBuy This Stock HDD vs. WCH, ITX, DCTA, HAYD, BIOM, ESKN, VRS, AGM, ZED, and CRDAShould you be buying Hardide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hardide include Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), 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. Hardide vs. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Itaconix Directa Plus Haydale Graphene Industries Biome Technologies Esken Versarien Applied Graphene Materials Zenova Group Croda International Hardide (LON:HDD) and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (LON:WCH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HDD or WCH? Hardide received 77 more outperform votes than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Hardide an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHardideOutperform Votes10551.72% Underperform Votes9848.28% Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)Outperform Votes2858.33% Underperform Votes2041.67% Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HDD or WCH? Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hardide. Hardide 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 RatioHardide£6.11M0.91-£1.89M-£2.39-2.96Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/A-£0.60N/A Does the media favor HDD or WCH? In the previous week, Hardide had 1 more articles in the media than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hardide and 0 mentions for Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hardide's score of -0.95 indicating that Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Hardide Negative Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HDD or WCH? 25.7% of Hardide shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.0% of Hardide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is HDD or WCH more profitable? Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hardide's net margin of -30.89%. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hardide's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hardide-30.89% -34.98% -9.80% Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) N/A N/A N/A SummaryHardide and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Hardide News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HDD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart HDD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£5.58M£8.21B£3.08B£2.66BDividend Yield6.30%3.58%5.21%5.05%P/E Ratio-2.9613.1867.88129.21Price / Sales0.9151.0825,591,212,775,269,400.00221,406.01Price / Cash9.1719.2524.3428.02Price / Book1.064.715.213.79Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£156.48M£5.88B7 Day Performance4.16%17.35%2.45%0.63%1 Month Performance28.78%22.84%5.52%22.11%1 Year Performance-4.02%-13.67%16.99%120.87% Hardide Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HDDHardideN/AGBX 7.08-10.1%N/A+18.8%£5.58M£6.11M-2.9646Earnings ReportGap UpWCHWilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003ITXItaconixN/AGBX 104.40+4.4%N/A-36.0%£14.08M£5.28M-9.4517Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeDCTADirecta PlusN/AGBX 6.95-0.7%N/A-62.5%£9.35M£20.29M-1.24187Gap DownHAYDHaydale Graphene IndustriesN/AGBX 0.14+6.9%N/A-68.8%£5.23M£14.20M-0.2967Gap DownBIOMBiome TechnologiesN/AGBX 10.09-0.1%N/A-86.1%£5.20M£78.36M-0.2927ESKNEskenN/AN/AN/AN/A£714,000.00£114.53M-0.88678Gap DownVRSVersarienN/AGBX 0.03-6.7%N/A-70.2%£652,000.00£5.32M-0.7070AGMApplied Graphene MaterialsN/AN/AN/AN/A£643,000.00£127,000.00-20.00160Gap DownZEDZenova GroupN/AGBX 0.24+2.2%N/A-87.7%£337,000.00£267,344.65-0.2011CRDACroda International1.517 of 5 starsGBX 3,094.28-0.4%GBX 3,766.67+21.7%-34.1%£4.33B£1.63B26.595,852Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) Competitors Itaconix Competitors Directa Plus Competitors Haydale Graphene Industries Competitors Biome Technologies Competitors Esken Competitors Versarien Competitors Applied Graphene Materials Competitors Zenova Group Competitors Croda International Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:HDD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Predicts Dollar DownfallREAD THIS VERY CAREFULLY: If you have $100,000 or more saved for retirement, this may make you VERY angry... ...Augusta Precious Metals | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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