FSI vs. ARQ, ZTEK, VGAS, TSE, CBUS, AMTX, LODE, ALTO, BLGO, and ORGN
Should you be buying Flexible Solutions International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flexible Solutions International include ARQ (ARQ), Zentek (ZTEK), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Trinseo (TSE), Cibus (CBUS), Aemetis (AMTX), Comstock (LODE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), BioLargo (BLGO), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Flexible Solutions International vs. Its Competitors
ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and Flexible Solutions International (NYSE:FSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
ARQ presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.76%. Given ARQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARQ is more favorable than Flexible Solutions International.
Flexible Solutions International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ARQ. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexible Solutions International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ARQ has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexible Solutions International has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ARQ had 1 more articles in the media than Flexible Solutions International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ARQ and 2 mentions for Flexible Solutions International. ARQ's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Flexible Solutions International's score of 1.07 indicating that ARQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.
18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of Flexible Solutions International shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of ARQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Flexible Solutions International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ARQ received 4 more outperform votes than Flexible Solutions International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Flexible Solutions International an outperform vote.
Flexible Solutions International has a net margin of 10.80% compared to ARQ's net margin of -0.44%. Flexible Solutions International's return on equity of 10.61% beat ARQ's return on equity.
Summary
ARQ beats Flexible Solutions International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FSI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
