Itaconix (ITX) Competitors

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GBX 131.50 -1.00 (-0.75%)
As of 02/7/2025 09:51 AM Eastern

ITX vs. IOF, WCH, DCTA, HDD, HAYD, BIOM, VRS, ESKN, ZED, and AGM

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

Itaconix vs.

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

In the previous week, Iofina had 1 more articles in the media than Itaconix. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Iofina and 0 mentions for Itaconix. Iofina's average media sentiment score of 0.59 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 Positive

Iofina received 96 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave Iofina an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ItaconixOutperform Votes
99
67.81%
Underperform Votes
47
32.19%
IofinaOutperform Votes
195
66.33%
Underperform Votes
99
33.67%

51.2% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Itaconix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.1% of Iofina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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£6.62M2.68-£1.87M-£0.04-3,287.50
Iofina£51.71M0.87£3.61M£0.012,337.50

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

Iofina has a consensus price target of GBX 36.25, indicating a potential upside of 55.08%. Given Iofina's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iofina is more favorable than Itaconix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Itaconix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Iofina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 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 -28.28%. Iofina's return on equity of 8.29% beat Itaconix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Itaconix-28.28% -17.09% -9.90%
Iofina 6.98%8.29%5.18%

Summary

Iofina beats Itaconix on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITX vs. The Competition

MetricItaconixSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.74M£9.73B£3.13B£2.12B
Dividend YieldN/A3.54%5.20%5.03%
P/E Ratio-3,287.50299.64107.311,947.16
Price / Sales2.68409.20689,451.04349,791.14
Price / Cash24.9619.2524.4329.53
Price / Book1.757.683.863.09
Net Income-£1.87M£147.63M£150.37M£186.71M
7 Day Performance-8.68%0.86%2.19%0.75%
1 Month Performance-21.26%1.99%4.07%3.94%
1 Year Performance3.14%-13.48%31.66%152.04%

Itaconix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 131.50
-0.8%
N/A+2.3%£17.74M£6.62M-3,287.5017Gap Down
IOF
Iofina
2.9898 of 5 stars
GBX 22.64
+1.8%
GBX 36.25
+60.1%
-19.6%£43.45M£51.71M2,264.4095
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 6
flat
N/A-61.8%£6.27M£9.33M-100.00187Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 7
+3.7%
N/A-15.5%£5.49M£4.73M-233.3346Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.12
+1.8%
N/A-75.3%£2.07M£4.99M-11.5067
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 3.15
-10.0%
N/A-97.1%£1.62M£5.75M-9.2627Gap Down
VRS
Versarien
N/AGBX 0.04
-2.6%
N/A-77.6%£885,000.00£5.32M-0.9570Gap Up
ESKN
Esken
N/AN/AN/AN/A£714,000.00£114.53M-0.88678Gap Down
ZED
Zenova Group
N/AGBX 0.50
-4.8%
N/A-83.1%£701,000.00£6,000.00-50.0011Gap Down
AGM
Applied Graphene Materials
N/AN/AN/AN/A£643,000.00£127,000.00-20.00160Gap Down

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