HDD vs. WCH, ITX, DCTA, HAYD, ZED, VRS, BIOM, ESKN, AGM, and CRDA
Should 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), Zenova Group (ZED), Versarien (VRS), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), and Croda International (CRDA). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Hardide (LON:HDD) and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (LON:WCH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Hardide's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
25.7% of Hardide shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.6% of Hardide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hardide's net margin of -20.33%. Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hardide's return on equity.
Summary
Hardide and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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