TANH vs. VNTRQ, VNTR, RKDA, ITP, EXN, AMRS, WLKP, GPRE, MEOH, and SXT
Should you be buying Tantech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tantech include Venator Materials (VNTRQ), Venator Materials (VNTR), Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), IT Tech Packaging (ITP), Excellon Resources (EXN), Amyris (AMRS), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Green Plains (GPRE), Methanex (MEOH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Tantech vs.
Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) and Tantech (NASDAQ:TANH) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Tantech received 101 more outperform votes than Venator Materials when rated by MarketBeat users.
Venator Materials has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tantech has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tantech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Venator Materials' net margin of -18.19%. Tantech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Venator Materials' return on equity.
Tantech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Venator Materials.
In the previous week, Tantech had 2 more articles in the media than Venator Materials. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tantech and 0 mentions for Venator Materials. Venator Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tantech's average media sentiment score.
29.0% of Venator Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Venator Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Tantech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tantech beats Venator Materials on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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