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Iofina (IOF) Competitors

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GBX 25 -0.50 (-1.96%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:59 AM Eastern

IOF vs. ZTF, TET, SYNT, HAYD, WCH, ITX, DCTA, HDD, BIOM, and ESKN

Should you be buying Iofina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iofina include Zotefoams (ZTF), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Hardide (HDD), Biome Technologies (BIOM), and Esken (ESKN). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Iofina vs. Its Competitors

Iofina (LON:IOF) and Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

6.4% of Iofina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Zotefoams shares are held by institutional investors. 45.1% of Iofina shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Zotefoams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Zotefoams' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Iofina's score of 0.75 indicating that Zotefoams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Iofina Positive
Zotefoams Positive

Zotefoams has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Iofina's net margin of 6.98%. Zotefoams' return on equity of 8.42% beat Iofina's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Iofina6.98% 8.00% 5.18%
Zotefoams 7.45%8.42%5.48%

Zotefoams has higher revenue and earnings than Iofina. Iofina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zotefoams, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Iofina£61.34M0.98£4.28M£1.4217.54
Zotefoams£131.66M1.53£9.80M£20.6620.33

Iofina has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zotefoams has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Iofina currently has a consensus price target of GBX 37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.00%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Iofina is more favorable than Zotefoams.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Iofina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Zotefoams
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Zotefoams beats Iofina on 11 of the 15 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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IOF vs. The Competition

MetricIofinaSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£60.02M£8.28B£3.36B£3.22B
Dividend Yield2.88%3.52%5.15%5.04%
P/E Ratio17.5412.42112.24164.64
Price / Sales0.9858.9031,218,733,196,595,900.00310,107.36
Price / Cash7.9619.2524.0727.93
Price / Book1.114.435.935.90
Net Income£4.28M£220.83M£148.61M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.96%-0.30%1.31%48.38%
1 Month Performance-6.72%-1.60%2.41%55.09%
1 Year Performance13.64%-4.07%33.95%135.37%

Iofina Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IOF
Iofina
2.833 of 5 stars
GBX 25
-2.0%
GBX 37.50
+50.0%
+16.4%£60.02M£61.34M17.5495News Coverage
Gap Down
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 406
-0.2%
N/A-10.6%£195.28M£131.66M19.66549Positive News
TET
Treatt
3.0128 of 5 stars
GBX 216
+1.6%
GBX 450
+108.3%
-51.1%£130.60M£142.31M11.67350Dividend Increase
SYNT
Synthomer
3.1228 of 5 stars
GBX 67.80
+2.7%
GBX 142.50
+110.2%
-72.0%£111.18M£1.87B-1.364,200
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.59
+2.1%
N/A+85.9%£22.07M£14.20M-1.2367News Coverage
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
2.1785 of 5 stars
GBX 128.40
+0.7%
GBX 325
+153.1%
-13.7%£17.32M£5.28M-11.6217
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 11.70
+1.7%
N/A-37.8%£15.74M£20.29M-2.08187High Trading Volume
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.77
+3.6%
N/A+28.0%£6.12M£6.11M-3.2546Gap Up
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7
+0.7%
N/A-30.7%£3.61M£78.36M-0.2027
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down

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