ZED vs. VRS, ESKN, AGM, CRDA, JMAT, ELM, VCT, SCPA, ESNT, and SYNT
Should you be buying Zenova Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zenova Group include Versarien (VRS), Esken (ESKN), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Croda International (CRDA), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Elementis (ELM), Victrex (VCT), Scapa Group (SCPA), Essentra (ESNT), and Synthomer (SYNT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Zenova Group vs. Its Competitors
Zenova Group (LON:ZED) and Versarien (LON:VRS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Zenova Group has a beta of -0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Versarien has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Versarien has a net margin of -225.06% compared to Zenova Group's net margin of -652.91%. Zenova Group's return on equity of -67.49% beat Versarien's return on equity.
Zenova Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Versarien. Versarien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zenova Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.5% of Zenova Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Versarien shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.6% of Zenova Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Versarien shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Versarien had 9 more articles in the media than Zenova Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Versarien and 0 mentions for Zenova Group. Versarien's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Zenova Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Versarien is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Versarien beats Zenova Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ZED) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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