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Hardide (HDD) Competitors

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

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

Hardide vs. Its Competitors

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

Hardide has higher revenue and earnings than Haydale Graphene Industries. Hardide 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
Hardide£5.42M1.12-£1.89M-£0.00-1,927.50
Haydale Graphene Industries£3.61M7.19-£18.01M-£0.00-181.82

Hardide has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haydale Graphene Industries has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hardide had 1 more articles in the media than Haydale Graphene Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hardide and 0 mentions for Haydale Graphene Industries. Hardide's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Haydale Graphene Industries' score of 0.55 indicating that Hardide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hardide Positive
Haydale Graphene Industries Positive

16.3% of Hardide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 65.2% of Hardide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hardide has a net margin of -30.89% compared to Haydale Graphene Industries' net margin of -126.76%. Hardide's return on equity of -34.98% beat Haydale Graphene Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hardide-30.89% -34.98% -9.80%
Haydale Graphene Industries -126.76%-96.62%-20.66%

Summary

Hardide beats Haydale Graphene Industries on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HDD vs. The Competition

MetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.08M£7.44B£3.56B£2.57B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.50%5.08%5.31%
P/E Ratio-1,927.50620.53157.045,427.87
Price / Sales1.1297.5817,826.5197,460.80
Price / Cash9.1719.2525.6927.93
Price / Book1.162.616.559.27
Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£149.17M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.63%-0.31%1.46%0.77%
1 Month Performance-0.77%-2.44%10.57%44.86%
1 Year Performance23.36%-5.84%47.16%183.55%

Hardide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.71
-0.5%
N/A+20.0%£6.08M£5.42M-1,927.5046Gap Up
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.56
-1.8%
N/A+90.0%£24.21M£3.61M-169.7067Gap Up
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
1.7612 of 5 stars
GBX 130
-1.9%
GBX 325
+150.0%
-20.7%£17.53M£6.50M-942.0317News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 10
-9.1%
N/A-25.9%£10.44M£6.66M-166.67187Gap Down
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7.79
+5.6%
N/A+19.7%£4.02M£5.75M-22.9127
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.21
flat
N/AN/A£762K£100K-27.3311
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.01
-21.4%
N/A-85.2%£661K£2.42M-3.3370Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643K£127K-20.00160Gap Down
CRDA
Croda International
3.245 of 5 stars
GBX 2,498
-0.8%
GBX 3,133.33
+25.4%
-36.4%£3.49B£1.67B1,622.085,852News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:HDD) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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