Trinseo (TSE) Competitors

Trinseo (NYSE:TSE) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer TSE or ASPI?

ASP Isotopes has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.67%. Given ASP Isotopes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than Trinseo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinseo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ASP Isotopes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TSE or ASPI?

Trinseo received 341 more outperform votes than ASP Isotopes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Trinseo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinseo	Outperform Votes 348 60.52%	Underperform Votes 227 39.48%
ASP Isotopes	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to TSE or ASPI?

In the previous week, ASP Isotopes had 3 more articles in the media than Trinseo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ASP Isotopes and 4 mentions for Trinseo. Trinseo's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat ASP Isotopes' score of 0.57 indicating that Trinseo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinseo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASP Isotopes	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TSE or ASPI?

82.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Trinseo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TSE or ASPI?

ASP Isotopes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinseo. ASP Isotopes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinseo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinseo	$3.51B	0.04	-$348.50M	-$9.86	-0.41
ASP Isotopes	$4.14M	93.91	-$16.29M	-$0.61	-8.85

Which has more volatility and risk, TSE or ASPI?

Trinseo has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.44, indicating that its stock price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSE or ASPI more profitable?

Trinseo has a net margin of -9.92% compared to ASP Isotopes' net margin of -807.39%. Trinseo's return on equity of 0.00% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinseo	-9.92%	N/A	-9.59%
ASP Isotopes	-807.39%	-123.83%	-51.58%

Summary

ASP Isotopes beats Trinseo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.