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Itaconix (ITX) Competitors

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GBX 132.90 -1.60 (-1.19%)
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ITX vs. IOF, HAYD, WCH, DCTA, HDD, BIOM, ESKN, AGM, VRS, and ZED

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), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Versarien (VRS), and Zenova Group (ZED). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

51.2% of Itaconix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Iofina shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Iofina shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Iofina'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Itaconix Neutral
Iofina Neutral

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£5.28M3.40-£1.49M-£11.05-12.03
Iofina£61.34M0.96£4.28M£1.4217.29

Itaconix currently has a consensus target price of GBX 325, suggesting a potential upside of 144.54%. Iofina has a consensus target price of GBX 37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.23%. Given Itaconix's higher possible 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

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.

Summary

Iofina beats Itaconix on 8 of the 12 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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ITX vs. The Competition

MetricItaconixSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.92M£8.11B£3.26B£3.07B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%5.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio-12.0312.19105.85167.81
Price / Sales3.4058.9131,322,622,491,820,400.00340,578.77
Price / Cash24.9619.2523.8927.97
Price / Book2.234.535.994.55
Net Income-£1.49M£220.83M£148.72M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.23%-0.98%2.24%0.75%
1 Month Performance5.06%-0.45%3.24%11.48%
1 Year Performance-12.57%-3.01%35.31%69.41%

Itaconix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 132.90
-1.2%
GBX 325
+144.5%
-18.9%£17.92M£5.28M-12.0317Gap Down
IOF
Iofina
N/AGBX 25.65
-3.2%
GBX 37.50
+46.2%
+25.3%£61.58M£61.34M18.0095
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.69
+8.7%
N/A+79.7%£25.94M£14.20M-1.4467Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 9
-5.3%
N/A-39.7%£12.11M£20.29M-1.60187News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7.90
+1.9%
N/A+18.7%£6.23M£6.11M-3.3046Gap Down
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 7.45
+0.7%
N/A-68.3%£3.84M£78.36M-0.2227
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
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.02
-15.8%
N/A-74.0%£373K£5.32M-0.4070
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.23
-2.1%
N/A-84.6%£330K£267.34K-0.1911

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