LODE vs. VHI, LXFR, ADUR, ARQ, VGAS, AMTX, ZTEK, TSE, ALTO, and ORGN
Should you be buying Comstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comstock include Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), ARQ (ARQ), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Aemetis (AMTX), Zentek (ZTEK), Trinseo (TSE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Comstock vs. Its Competitors
Valhi (NYSE:VHI) and Comstock (NYSE:LODE) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
3.8% of Valhi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Comstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Valhi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Comstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valhi currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 33.70%. Comstock has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 595.19%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comstock is more favorable than Valhi.
Valhi has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Comstock had 1 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Comstock and 1 mentions for Valhi. Comstock's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Valhi's score of 0.75 indicating that Comstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valhi has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock. Comstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valhi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valhi has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Comstock's net margin of -1,210.13%. Valhi's return on equity of 8.60% beat Comstock's return on equity.
Summary
Comstock beats Valhi on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LODE) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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