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GBX 403 -7.00 (-1.71%)
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ZTF vs. VCT, SCPA, ESNT, TET, SYNT, IOF, HAYD, WCH, ITX, and DCTA

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

Zotefoams vs. Its Competitors

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

Zotefoams has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victrex has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Victrex has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Zotefoams' net margin of 7.45%. Zotefoams' return on equity of 8.42% beat Victrex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zotefoams7.45% 8.42% 5.48%
Victrex 10.81%6.67%6.59%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zotefoams£154.16M1.27£9.80M£0.0135,043.48
Victrex£297.30M2.01£30.80M£0.342,029.50

In the previous week, Victrex's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Zotefoams' score of 0.00 indicating that Victrex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zotefoams Neutral
Victrex Positive

Zotefoams presently has a consensus price target of GBX 540, indicating a potential upside of 34.00%. Victrex has a consensus price target of GBX 822, indicating a potential upside of 19.48%. Given Zotefoams' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zotefoams is more favorable than Victrex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zotefoams
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Victrex
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Zotefoams pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Victrex pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Zotefoams pays out 650.4% 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 pays out 175.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

29.0% of Zotefoams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Victrex shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Zotefoams shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Victrex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZTF vs. The Competition

MetricZotefoamsSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£196.37M£7.49B£3.71B£2.59B
Dividend Yield1.87%3.48%5.06%5.32%
P/E Ratio35,043.48638.48163.855,406.64
Price / Sales1.2795.2321,128.1098,721.67
Price / Cash18.8719.2524.3327.92
Price / Book1.632.776.968.43
Net Income£9.80M£220.83M£149.14M£5.89B
7 Day Performance6.61%0.55%3.04%3.86%
1 Month Performance-2.89%-1.54%12.24%6.17%
1 Year Performance-4.05%-6.58%52.21%165.64%

Zotefoams Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 403
-1.7%
GBX 540
+34.0%
-2.4%£196.37M£154.16M35,043.48549
VCT
Victrex
2.7086 of 5 stars
GBX 726
-0.4%
GBX 822
+13.2%
-30.0%£632.00M£297.30M2,141.591,109Dividend Increase
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
ESNT
Essentra
2.4411 of 5 stars
GBX 106.60
+0.4%
GBX 191.67
+79.8%
-32.6%£303.94M£295.10M3,230.30350Positive News
TET
Treatt
0.7314 of 5 stars
GBX 270
flat
GBX 256.67
-4.9%
-39.4%£159.18M£145.16M1,472.19350Dividend Increase
SYNT
Synthomer
2.191 of 5 stars
GBX 75.80
+3.1%
GBX 142.50
+88.0%
-68.4%£123.91M£1.89B-148.344,200
IOF
Iofina
2.303 of 5 stars
GBX 23.22
-0.1%
GBX 40
+72.3%
+12.5%£44.55M£57.65M1,548.0095
HAYD
Haydale Graphene Industries
N/AGBX 0.51
-3.8%
N/A+82.8%£21.83M£3.61M-153.0367Gap Up
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
1.3489 of 5 stars
GBX 104.58
+2.0%
GBX 325
+210.8%
-24.5%£14.10M£8.55M-757.8317
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 10.49
-0.1%
N/A-8.7%£10.95M£6.66M-174.83187

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This page (LON:ZTF) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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