ITP vs. RKDA, TANH, CHNR, AUMN, PACK, ASTLW, SID, BVN, UAN, 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), China Natural Resources (CHNR), Golden Minerals (AUMN), Ranpak (PACK), Algoma Steel Group (ASTLW), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), CVR Partners (UAN), and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology (FMSTW). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Arcadia Biosciences (NASDAQ:RKDA) and IT Tech Packaging (NYSE:ITP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of IT Tech Packaging shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IT Tech Packaging has a net margin of -14.88% compared to IT Tech Packaging's net margin of -129.74%. Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity of -6.51% beat IT Tech Packaging's return on equity.
In the previous week, Arcadia Biosciences had 9 more articles in the media than IT Tech Packaging. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Arcadia Biosciences and 3 mentions for IT Tech Packaging. IT Tech Packaging's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Arcadia Biosciences' score of -0.43 indicating that Arcadia Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IT Tech Packaging has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadia Biosciences. Arcadia Biosciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IT Tech Packaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 57.87% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences an outperform vote.
Arcadia Biosciences currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 273.13%. Given IT Tech Packaging's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than IT Tech Packaging.
Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IT Tech Packaging has a beta of -0.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IT Tech Packaging beats Arcadia Biosciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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