IOF vs. WCH, ITX, DCTA, HAYD, HDD, ZED, VRS, BIOM, ESKN, and AGM
Should you be buying Iofina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iofina include Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Hardide (HDD), Zenova Group (ZED), Versarien (VRS), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Esken (ESKN), and Applied Graphene Materials (AGM). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Iofina (LON:IOF) and Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (LON:WCH) 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 media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Iofina has a net margin of 13.12% compared to Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Iofina's return on equity of 15.87% beat Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'s return on equity.
Iofina currently has a consensus target price of GBX 35, suggesting a potential upside of 57.30%. Given Iofina's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Iofina is more favorable than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L).
In the previous week, Iofina had 1 more articles in the media than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Iofina and 0 mentions for Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). Iofina's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)'saverage media sentiment score.
Iofina has higher revenue and earnings than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L). Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iofina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iofina received 166 more outperform votes than Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave Iofina an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) an outperform vote.
7.4% of Iofina shares are held by institutional investors. 44.2% of Iofina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Iofina beats Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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