ARQ vs. ASPI, FTK, ZTEK, FSI, ESI, CBT, WDFC, OEC, PCT, and PGY
Should you be buying ARQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARQ include ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Flotek Industries (FTK), Zentek (ZTEK), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Element Solutions (ESI), Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion (OEC), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Pagaya Technologies (PGY).
ARQ (NASDAQ:ARQ) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
ARQ has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 5.48, meaning that its share price is 448% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASP Isotopes received 3 more outperform votes than ARQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave ASP Isotopes an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave ARQ an outperform vote.
ASP Isotopes has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.16%. Given ASP Isotopes' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than ARQ.
ARQ has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. ARQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASP Isotopes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASP Isotopes has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ARQ's net margin of -8.15%. ARQ's return on equity of -4.65% beat ASP Isotopes' return on equity.
18.5% of ARQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of ARQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of ASP Isotopes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ARQ's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ASP Isotopes'average media sentiment score.
Summary
ASP Isotopes beats ARQ on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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