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Hardide (HDD) Competitors

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GBX 8.40 +0.15 (+1.82%)
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HDD vs. HAYD, WCH, ITX, DCTA, BIOM, ESKN, AGM, ZED, VRS, 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), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Zenova Group (ZED), Versarien (VRS), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

25.7% of Hardide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 45.0% of Hardide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are held 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.

Hardide has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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£6.11M1.08-£1.89M-£2.39-3.51
Haydale Graphene Industries£14.20M1.98-£18.01M-£0.48-1.57

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%

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Hardide Neutral
Haydale Graphene Industries Neutral

Summary

Haydale Graphene Industries beats Hardide on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HDD vs. The Competition

MetricHardideSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.62M£8.15B£3.24B£2.97B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.52%5.14%5.02%
P/E Ratio-3.5113.3695.87150.92
Price / Sales1.0859.9027,181,161,885,841,700.00244,729.06
Price / Cash9.1719.2523.9227.97
Price / Book1.264.595.924.56
Net Income-£1.89M£220.83M£147.60M£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.35%0.17%1.66%1.43%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.58%4.51%4.67%
1 Year Performance12.00%-8.07%25.44%79.82%

Hardide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 8.40
+1.8%
N/A+8.3%£6.62M£6.11M-3.5146Gap Down
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.67
+2.3%
N/A+121.4%£25.00M£14.20M-1.3967Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 123
-4.7%
N/AN/A£16.59M£5.28M-11.1317Gap Up
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 12.10
-10.4%
N/A-35.7%£16.28M£20.29M-2.15187
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7.29
+2.2%
N/A-89.6%£3.76M£78.36M-0.2127
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 0.22
-8.3%
N/A-85.7%£315K£267.34K-0.1811Gap Up
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.01
-13.3%
N/A-81.3%£303K£5.32M-0.3370Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CRDA
Croda International
2.5495 of 5 stars
GBX 3,057.16
+1.9%
GBX 3,766.67
+23.2%
-27.0%£4.27B£1.63B26.275,852

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This page (LON:HDD) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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