IOF vs. ITX, DCTA, EMH, PYX, STCM, EUA, ALTN, EEE, AAU, and KEFI
Should you be buying Iofina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iofina include Itaconix (ITX), Directa Plus (DCTA), European Metals (EMH), PYX Resources (PYX), Steppe Cement (STCM), Eurasia Mining (EUA), AltynGold (ALTN), Empire Metals (EEE), Ariana Resources (AAU), and KEFI Gold and Copper (KEFI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Itaconix (LON:ITX) and Iofina (LON:IOF) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Iofina has higher revenue and earnings than Itaconix. Itaconix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iofina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iofina has a consensus target price of GBX 35, suggesting a potential upside of 75.44%. Given Itaconix's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Iofina is more favorable than Itaconix.
Iofina has a net margin of 20.08% compared to Iofina's net margin of -30.98%. Itaconix's return on equity of 25.83% beat Iofina's return on equity.
49.7% of Itaconix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Iofina shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Itaconix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.8% of Iofina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Iofina's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Itaconix'saverage media sentiment score.
Iofina received 93 more outperform votes than Itaconix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.81% of users gave Itaconix an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Iofina an outperform vote.
Itaconix has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iofina has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Iofina beats Itaconix on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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