ARQ (ARQ) Competitors

ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARQ or ASIX?

18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ARQ or ASIX?

ARQ currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 149.34%. AdvanSix has a consensus price target of $30.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.05%. Given ARQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ARQ is more favorable than AdvanSix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AdvanSix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to ARQ or ASIX?

In the previous week, AdvanSix had 2 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AdvanSix and 5 mentions for ARQ. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat AdvanSix's score of 0.27 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARQ	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AdvanSix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARQ or ASIX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARQ	$108.96M	1.48	-$12.25M	-$0.14	-27.21
AdvanSix	$1.52B	0.38	$44.15M	$1.61	13.24

Which has more volatility and risk, ARQ or ASIX?

ARQ has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARQ or ASIX more profitable?

AdvanSix has a net margin of 2.91% compared to ARQ's net margin of -0.44%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 6.26% beat ARQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARQ	-0.44%	-0.25%	-0.19%
AdvanSix	2.91%	6.26%	3.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARQ or ASIX?

AdvanSix received 250 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 64.87% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARQ	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
AdvanSix	Outperform Votes 253 64.87%	Underperform Votes 137 35.13%

Summary

AdvanSix beats ARQ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.