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Itaconix (ITX) Competitors

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GBX 100 -5.00 (-4.76%)
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ITX vs. IOF, HAYD, WCH, DCTA, HDD, BIOM, ZED, ESKN, VRS, and AGM

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

Itaconix vs. Its Competitors

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

Iofina has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Itaconix's net margin of -28.24%. Iofina's return on equity of 8.00% beat Itaconix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Itaconix-28.24% -18.31% -9.90%
Iofina 6.98%8.00%5.18%

Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iofina has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Itaconix£8.55M1.58-£1.49M-£0.11-925.93
Iofina£57.65M0.79£4.28M£0.03944.00

Itaconix presently has a consensus price target of GBX 325, indicating a potential upside of 225.00%. Iofina has a consensus price target of GBX 40, indicating a potential upside of 69.49%. Given Itaconix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Itaconix is more favorable than Iofina.

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

4.9% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.4% of Itaconix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Iofina shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Iofina had 2 more articles in the media than Itaconix. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Iofina and 0 mentions for Itaconix. Iofina's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Itaconix's score of 0.00 indicating that Iofina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Itaconix Neutral
Iofina Neutral

Summary

Iofina beats Itaconix on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITX vs. The Competition

MetricItaconixSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£13.49M£7.28B£3.77B£2.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.49%5.05%5.32%
P/E Ratio-925.93620.38156.624,368.17
Price / Sales1.5898.9123,957.7799,410.33
Price / Cash24.9619.2526.8327.90
Price / Book1.682.887.188.11
Net Income-£1.49M£220.83M£148.99M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.76%-0.38%45.37%-0.60%
1 Month Performance-13.04%3.23%55.16%1.39%
1 Year Performance-28.06%-2.11%78.46%135.05%

Itaconix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITX
Itaconix
1.3122 of 5 stars
GBX 100
-4.8%
GBX 325
+225.0%
-26.9%£13.49M£8.55M-925.9317Gap Down
IOF
Iofina
1.7744 of 5 stars
GBX 22.90
-2.6%
GBX 40
+74.7%
+44.8%£43.94M£57.65M916.0095News Coverage
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.65
-6.9%
N/A+153.7%£28.19M£3.61M-197.5867Positive News
Gap Up
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 9.25
flat
N/A-31.0%£9.66M£7.17M-231.25187Gap Up
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.15
-1.4%
N/A+27.0%£5.64M£5.42M-1,787.5046
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 9.50
flat
N/A+71.2%£4.90M£5.75M-27.9427Gap Up
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.21
flat
N/AN/A£762K£100K-27.3311
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714K£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.01
-8.3%
N/A-64.7%£661K£2.42M-3.3370Gap Up
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643K£127K-20.00160Gap Down

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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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