DQ vs. GPRE, FSM, SAND, HWKN, OEC, WS, CGAU, KRO, IAG, and SA
Should you be buying Daqo New Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Daqo New Energy include Green Plains (GPRE), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), Sandstorm Gold (SAND), Hawkins (HWKN), Orion (OEC), Worthington Steel (WS), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), IAMGOLD (IAG), and Seabridge Gold (SA). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Daqo New Energy (NYSE:DQ) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
47.2% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Green Plains shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Daqo New Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Green Plains received 40 more outperform votes than Daqo New Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.86% of users gave Daqo New Energy an outperform vote while only 64.30% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Daqo New Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Daqo New Energy and 3 mentions for Green Plains. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Daqo New Energy's score of -0.01 indicating that Daqo New Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Green Plains presently has a consensus price target of $37.40, suggesting a potential upside of 74.77%. Daqo New Energy has a consensus price target of $36.23, suggesting a potential upside of 52.63%. Given Daqo New Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Daqo New Energy.
Daqo New Energy has a net margin of 18.24% compared to Daqo New Energy's net margin of -2.83%. Green Plains' return on equity of 6.42% beat Daqo New Energy's return on equity.
Daqo New Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daqo New Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Green Plains has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daqo New Energy has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Daqo New Energy beats Green Plains on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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