ZED vs. ESKN, VRS, AGM, BIOM, CRDA, JMAT, ELM, VCT, SCPA, and ESNT
Should you be buying Zenova Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zenova Group include Esken (ESKN), Versarien (VRS), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Croda International (CRDA), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), Scapa Group (SCPA), and Essentra (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Zenova Group vs. Its Competitors
Esken (LON:ESKN) and Zenova Group (LON:ZED) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Zenova Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Esken. Zenova Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Esken, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Esken has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zenova Group has a beta of -0.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500.
64.3% of Esken shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Zenova Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Esken shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Zenova Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Esken has a net margin of -67.12% compared to Zenova Group's net margin of -652.91%. Zenova Group's return on equity of -67.49% beat Esken's return on equity.
In the previous week, Esken's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Zenova Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Esken beats Zenova Group on 6 of the 10 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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This page (LON:ZED) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff