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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iofina has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Iofina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Iofina has a consensus price target of GBX 36.25, suggesting a potential upside of 48.57%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Iofina is more favorable than Itaconix.
In the previous week, Itaconix's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Iofina'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Summary
Iofina beats Itaconix on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ITX) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
