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Hardide (HDD) Competitors

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

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

Hardide vs. Its Competitors

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

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. Haydale Graphene Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hardide'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Haydale Graphene Industries Neutral
Hardide Neutral

37.8% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Hardide shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of Hardide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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
Haydale Graphene Industries-126.76% -96.62% -20.66%
Hardide -30.89%-34.98%-9.80%

Hardide has lower revenue, but higher 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
Haydale Graphene Industries£14.20M1.77-£18.01M-£0.48-1.40
Hardide£6.11M1.08-£1.89M-£2.39-3.51

Summary

Haydale Graphene Industries and Hardide tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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HDD vs. The Competition

MetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.62M£8.14B£3.27B£2.96B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.52%5.15%5.02%
P/E Ratio-3.5113.4491.47147.63
Price / Sales1.0860.0427,226,089,426,138,700.00240,025.20
Price / Cash9.1719.2523.9227.97
Price / Book1.264.605.874.58
Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£147.76M£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.35%0.44%2.21%1.47%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.58%4.67%4.82%
1 Year Performance8.39%-7.67%25.11%83.07%

Hardide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 8.40
+1.8%
N/A+6.5%£6.62M£6.11M-3.5146
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.58
-12.8%
N/A+120.3%£21.80M£14.20M-1.2167High Trading Volume
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 16
-4.5%
N/A-39.3%£21.52M£20.29M-2.85187
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 110
+4.8%
N/AN/A£14.84M£5.28M-9.9617Gap Up
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 6.95
-0.3%
N/A-89.6%£3.58M£78.36M-0.2027
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.04
-2.7%
N/A-80.0%£839K£5.32M-0.9070News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643K£127K-20.00160Gap Down
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.23
-4.2%
N/A-85.2%£330K£267.34K-0.1911Gap Down
CRDA
Croda International
2.1064 of 5 stars
GBX 2,975
-0.6%
GBX 3,766.67
+26.6%
-25.7%£4.16B£1.63B25.565,852News Coverage

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This page (LON:HDD) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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