ZED vs. ESKN, AGM, VRS, 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), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Versarien (VRS), 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
Zenova Group (LON:ZED) and Esken (LON:ESKN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Zenova Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Zenova Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Esken'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
14.5% of Zenova Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Esken shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Zenova Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Esken shares are owned by company 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.
Zenova Group has a beta of -0.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Esken has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Esken beats Zenova Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ZED) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
