ITP vs. RKDA, TANH, AUMN, CHNR, PACK, ASTLW, AAU, SID, BVN, and FMSTW
Should you be buying IT Tech Packaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IT Tech Packaging include Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA), Tantech (TANH), Golden Minerals (AUMN), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Ranpak (PACK), Algoma Steel Group (ASTLW), Almaden Minerals (AAU), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMSTW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) and Arcadia Biosciences (NASDAQ:RKDA) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
IT Tech Packaging has a net margin of -11.49% compared to Arcadia Biosciences' net margin of -246.80%. IT Tech Packaging's return on equity of -5.76% beat Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity.
In the previous week, Arcadia Biosciences had 1 more articles in the media than IT Tech Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Arcadia Biosciences and 1 mentions for IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Arcadia Biosciences' score of -0.33 indicating that IT Tech Packaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arcadia Biosciences received 258 more outperform votes than IT Tech Packaging when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.52% of users gave IT Tech Packaging an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences an outperform vote.
3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Arcadia Biosciences has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 407.61%. Given Arcadia Biosciences' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than IT Tech Packaging.
IT Tech Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadia Biosciences. IT Tech Packaging is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcadia Biosciences, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
IT Tech Packaging beats Arcadia Biosciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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