ASP Isotopes (ASPI) Competitors

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Is UAN or ASPI more profitable?

CVR Partners has a net margin of 11.59% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -807.39%. CVR Partners' return on equity of 20.61% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CVR Partners	11.59%	20.61%	6.19%
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, UAN or ASPI?

CVR Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.44, meaning that its share price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate UAN or ASPI?

ASP Isotopes has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.33%. Given ASP Isotopes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than CVR Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CVR Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UAN or ASPI?

CVR Partners received 207 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 59.61% of users gave CVR Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CVR Partners	Outperform Votes 214 59.61%	Underperform Votes 145 40.39%
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UAN or ASPI?

43.8% of CVR Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UAN or ASPI?

CVR Partners has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Partners, 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
CVR Partners	$525.32M	2.58	$172.43M	$5.76	13.74
ASP Isotopes	$4.14M	91.35	-$16.29M	-$0.61	-8.61

Does the media refer more to UAN or ASPI?

In the previous week, CVR Partners had 4 more articles in the media than ASP Isotopes. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CVR Partners and 8 mentions for ASP Isotopes. CVR Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.57 indicating that CVR Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CVR Partners	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASP Isotopes	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CVR Partners beats ASP Isotopes on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.