ITX vs. HAYD, DCTA, WCH, HDD, BIOM, VRS, ESKN, AGM, ZED, and CRDA
Should you be buying Itaconix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itaconix include Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Directa Plus (DCTA), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), Hardide (HDD), 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.
Itaconix vs. Its Competitors
Itaconix (LON:ITX) and Haydale Graphene Industries (LON:HAYD) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Itaconix had 1 more articles in the media than Haydale Graphene Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Itaconix and 1 mentions for Haydale Graphene Industries. Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Haydale Graphene Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Itaconix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Itaconix has a net margin of -28.24% compared to Haydale Graphene Industries' net margin of -126.76%. Itaconix's return on equity of -18.31% beat Haydale Graphene Industries' return on equity.
51.2% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Haydale Graphene Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haydale Graphene Industries 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.
Itaconix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Haydale Graphene Industries. Itaconix 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.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more 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.
Summary
Itaconix beats Haydale Graphene Industries on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
