HDD vs. BIOM, ZED, HAYD, VRS, DCTA, ECR, ALBA, SML, CGNR, and BMV
Should you be buying Hardide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hardide include Biome Technologies (BIOM), Zenova Group (ZED), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Versarien (VRS), Directa Plus (DCTA), ECR Minerals (ECR), Alba Mineral Resources (ALBA), Strategic Minerals (SML), Conroy Gold and Natural Resources (CGNR), and Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Hardide (LON:HDD) and Biome Technologies (LON:BIOM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Hardide has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Biome Technologies has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Biome Technologies received 6 more outperform votes than Hardide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave Biome Technologies an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Hardide an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Biome Technologies had 14 more articles in the media than Hardide. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Biome Technologies and 0 mentions for Hardide. Hardide's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Biome Technologies' score of 0.43 indicating that Hardide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
25.8% of Hardide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Biome Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Hardide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.7% of Biome Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Biome Technologies has a net margin of -14.98% compared to Hardide's net margin of -20.33%. Hardide's return on equity of -22.76% beat Biome Technologies' return on equity.
Biome Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Hardide. Biome Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hardide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Biome Technologies beats Hardide on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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