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GBX 353 +3.00 (+0.86%)
(As of 12/6/2024 ET)

ZTF vs. ESNT, SCPA, SYNT, TET, IOF, WCH, ITX, DCTA, HDD, and BIOM

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

Zotefoams vs.

Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) and Essentra (LON:ESNT) 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 profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Zotefoams pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Essentra pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Zotefoams pays out 3,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Zotefoams has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Essentra's net margin of -0.07%. Zotefoams' return on equity of 8.52% beat Essentra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zotefoams7.45% 8.52% 5.48%
Essentra -0.07%0.22%1.74%

71.7% of Zotefoams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 121.7% of Essentra shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Zotefoams shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Essentra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Essentra received 116 more outperform votes than Zotefoams when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave Essentra an outperform vote while only 69.49% of users gave Zotefoams an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZotefoamsOutperform Votes
246
69.49%
Underperform Votes
108
30.51%
EssentraOutperform Votes
362
72.84%
Underperform Votes
135
27.16%

Zotefoams has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Essentra.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zotefoams£133.40M1.29£9.93M£0.201,765.00
Essentra£309.70M1.37£5.80MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Essentra had 1 more articles in the media than Zotefoams. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Essentra and 0 mentions for Zotefoams. Zotefoams' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Essentra'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zotefoams Neutral
Essentra Neutral

Essentra has a consensus target price of GBX 216.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.79%. Given Essentra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essentra is more favorable than Zotefoams.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zotefoams
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Essentra
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Zotefoams has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essentra has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Essentra beats Zotefoams on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZTF vs. The Competition

MetricZotefoamsSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£171.56M£8.49B£2.92B£1.70B
Dividend Yield1.73%3.47%5.08%11.29%
P/E Ratio1,765.00302.38112.501,738.01
Price / Sales1.29475.65719,054.90316,277.21
Price / Cash18.8719.4424.3026.55
Price / Book1.435.253.493.05
Net Income£9.93M£144.05M£150.42M£143.89M
7 Day Performance-1.40%1.39%0.81%7.23%
1 Month Performance-3.29%-3.28%-1.73%0.16%
1 Year Performance10.31%-10.53%24.86%26.01%

Zotefoams Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZTF
Zotefoams
N/AGBX 353
+0.9%
N/A+10.0%£171.56M£133.40M1,765.00549
ESNT
Essentra
1.9772 of 5 stars
GBX 144
-0.6%
GBX 216.67
+50.5%
-0.8%£413.48M£309.70M7,980.00350News Coverage
SCPA
Scapa Group
N/AGBX 214.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£402.98M£281.80M-7.321,461
SYNT
Synthomer
N/AGBX 167
flat
GBX 288.33
+72.7%
-6.8%£273.16M£1.97B-273.774,200
TET
Treatt
2.3489 of 5 stars
GBX 402
flat
GBX 700
+74.1%
+8.6%£244.09M£143.55M2,233.33350Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
IOF
Iofina
2.7654 of 5 stars
GBX 18.50
-2.6%
GBX 35
+89.2%
-20.2%£35.49M£51.71M1,900.0095News Coverage
Gap Down
WCH
Wilmcote Holdings plc (WCH.L)
N/AGBX 3
flat
N/AN/A£20.13MN/A-5.003
ITX
Itaconix
N/AGBX 129.90
+3.9%
N/A-4.5%£17.52M£6.62M-3,247.5017Gap Up
DCTA
Directa Plus
N/AGBX 8
-6.2%
N/A-70.0%£8.35M£9.33M-142.08187
HDD
Hardide
N/AGBX 5
-3.8%
N/A-53.5%£3.93M£4.73M-166.7346
BIOM
Biome Technologies
N/AGBX 5.11
+2.3%
N/A-95.9%£2.64M£5.75M-15.4427

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This page (LON:ZTF) was last updated on 12/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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