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Victrex (VCT) Competitors

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GBX 706 +17.00 (+2.47%)
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VCT vs. ELM, SCPA, ESNT, ZTF, TET, SYNT, IOF, HAYD, WCH, and ITX

Should you be buying Victrex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victrex include Elementis (ELM), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), Zotefoams (ZTF), Treatt (TET), Synthomer (SYNT), Iofina (IOF), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L) (WCH), and Itaconix (ITX). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Victrex vs. Its Competitors

Elementis (LON:ELM) and Victrex (LON:VCT) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Elementis and Elementis both had 1 articles in the media. Elementis' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Victrex's score of 0.00 indicating that Elementis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Elementis
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Victrex
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Elementis pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Elementis pays out -63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victrex pays out 170.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Victrex has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Elementis' net margin of -4.74%. Victrex's return on equity of 6.67% beat Elementis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elementis-4.74% -4.25% 4.49%
Victrex 10.81%6.67%6.59%

Elementis presently has a consensus target price of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 1.07%. Victrex has a consensus target price of GBX 822, suggesting a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Victrex's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Victrex is more favorable than Elementis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elementis
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Victrex
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Elementis has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victrex has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.7% of Elementis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Victrex shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Elementis shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Victrex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Elementis£919.45M1.35-£43.57M-£4.71-35.69
Victrex£285.02M2.16£30.80M£35.2020.06

Summary

Victrex beats Elementis on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VCT vs. The Competition

MetricVictrexSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£615.86M£8.26B£3.36B£3.22B
Dividend Yield6.22%3.52%5.15%5.04%
P/E Ratio20.0612.41112.24164.63
Price / Sales2.1658.9031,270,591,557,387,600.00310,107.36
Price / Cash34.2119.2524.0727.93
Price / Book1.334.435.935.90
Net Income£30.80M£220.83M£148.61M£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.44%-0.17%1.27%48.33%
1 Month Performance0.43%-0.72%2.95%49.98%
1 Year Performance-30.51%-3.69%32.61%127.65%

Victrex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCT
Victrex
1.8621 of 5 stars
GBX 706
+2.5%
GBX 822
+16.4%
-32.0%£615.86M£285.02M20.061,109Dividend Increase
ELM
Elementis
0.8332 of 5 stars
GBX 167.60
+0.7%
GBX 170
+1.4%
+1.3%£1.24B£919.45M-35.561,281
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
2.8624 of 5 stars
GBX 103.60
+3.2%
GBX 191.67
+85.0%
-41.2%£297.79M£309.74M85.34350
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 428
-3.2%
N/A-13.0%£205.86M£131.66M20.72549Positive News
Gap Down
TET
Treatt
3.0128 of 5 stars
GBX 215.50
+0.9%
GBX 450
+108.8%
-50.8%£130.30M£142.31M11.64350Dividend Increase
SYNT
Synthomer
3.1228 of 5 stars
GBX 66.41
+1.4%
GBX 142.50
+114.6%
-73.9%£108.90M£1.87B-1.334,200
IOF
Iofina
2.833 of 5 stars
GBX 25
-3.8%
GBX 37.50
+50.0%
+16.4%£60.02M£61.34M17.5495News Coverage
Gap Down
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.62
-0.8%
N/A+76.1%£23.31M£14.20M-1.2967News Coverage
Gap Up
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
2.1785 of 5 stars
GBX 126
-1.2%
GBX 325
+157.9%
-11.8%£16.99M£5.28M-11.4017Positive News

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