ASPI vs. NTIC, GRWG, ODV, PLG, NMG, ATLX, TRX, AMLI, AREC, and DC
Should you be buying ASP Isotopes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASP Isotopes include Northern Technologies International (NTIC), GrowGeneration (GRWG), Osisko Development (ODV), Platinum Group Metals (PLG), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), TRX Gold (TRX), American Lithium (AMLI), American Resources (AREC), and Dakota Gold (DC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) and Northern Technologies International (NASDAQ:NTIC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Northern Technologies International has a net margin of 6.12% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of 0.00%. Northern Technologies International's return on equity of 6.68% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.
Northern Technologies International received 173 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 51.61% of users gave Northern Technologies International an outperform vote.
Northern Technologies International has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Technologies International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASP Isotopes has a beta of 5.03, suggesting that its stock price is 403% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Technologies International has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ASP Isotopes had 2 more articles in the media than Northern Technologies International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ASP Isotopes and 7 mentions for Northern Technologies International. Northern Technologies International's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.38 indicating that Northern Technologies International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.9% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Northern Technologies International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ASP Isotopes presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.72%. Northern Technologies International has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.01%. Given ASP Isotopes' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than Northern Technologies International.
Summary
Northern Technologies International beats ASP Isotopes on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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