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ARQ vs. ASIX, OEC, ASPI, VHI, LXFR, SLI, ADUR, ZTEK, VGAS, and CBUS

Should you be buying ARQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARQ include AdvanSix (ASIX), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Standard Lithium (SLI), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), and Cibus (CBUS). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

ARQ vs.

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

ARQ presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 98.90%. AdvanSix has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.92%. Given ARQ's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARQ$114.47M1.67-$12.25M-$0.05-90.50
AdvanSix$1.56B0.41$44.15M$3.127.57

In the previous week, AdvanSix had 4 more articles in the media than ARQ. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AdvanSix and 5 mentions for ARQ. AdvanSix's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat ARQ's score of 0.70 indicating that AdvanSix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

AdvanSix received 251 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 64.89% of users gave AdvanSix an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARQOutperform Votes
4
80.00%
Underperform Votes
1
20.00%
AdvanSixOutperform Votes
255
64.89%
Underperform Votes
138
35.11%

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

ARQ has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

AdvanSix beats ARQ on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARQ vs. The Competition

MetricARQchemical products IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$191.01M$1.32B$24.39B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%2.48%4.11%
P/E Ratio-452.5020.3533.5019.75
Price / Sales1.67267.54267.48118.67
Price / CashN/A72.0330.9334.62
Price / Book0.846.745.414.50
Net Income-$12.25M$65.82M$196.34M$248.32M
7 Day Performance11.73%2.26%-0.52%0.48%
1 Month Performance24.31%26.93%15.80%13.08%
1 Year Performance-35.26%40.32%17.88%7.36%

ARQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARQ
ARQ
3.263 of 5 stars
$4.45
-2.6%
$9.00
+102.2%
-36.4%$187.84M$114.47M-445.00140
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.9072 of 5 stars
$24.44
+4.1%
$33.50
+37.1%
+2.6%$655.31M$1.56B15.181,460Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
OEC
Orion
4.3088 of 5 stars
$11.12
-2.0%
$14.50
+30.4%
-57.0%$625.72M$1.85B14.831,600Positive News
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.0045 of 5 stars
$7.52
+3.2%
$4.50
-40.2%
+45.0%$564.47M$4.14M-12.3376News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
VHI
Valhi
2.6917 of 5 stars
$15.23
-0.8%
$20.00
+31.3%
-19.7%$430.93M$2.11B4.882,250News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
LXFR
Luxfer
2.5341 of 5 stars
$11.95
-0.7%
N/A-6.4%$325.48M$399.50M36.211,400News Coverage
Gap Up
SLI
Standard Lithium
2.363 of 5 stars
$1.66
+3.1%
$4.40
+165.1%
-13.0%$321.94MN/A2.81N/APositive News
Analyst Revision
ADUR
Aduro Clean Technologies
N/A$7.08
+9.8%
$50.00
+606.2%
N/A$201.34M$258,792.000.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
ZTEK
Zentek
0.0696 of 5 stars
$1.58
-0.6%
N/A+42.9%$165.24M$64,656.00-22.5724Gap Up
VGAS
Verde Clean Fuels
N/A$3.47
-0.9%
N/A-29.8%$154.59MN/A-6.942Positive News
CBUS
Cibus
1.6361 of 5 stars
$3.12
+10.6%
$22.00
+605.1%
-82.9%$101.94M$4.75M-0.1448

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This page (NASDAQ:ARQ) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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