Financial Analysis: Nanophase Technologies (NANX) and Its Competitors

Nanophase Technologies (OTCMKTS:NANX – Get Rating) is one of 27 publicly-traded companies in the “Toilet preparations” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Nanophase Technologies to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Nanophase Technologies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nanophase Technologies	-7.03%	-36.43%	-7.80%
Nanophase Technologies Competitors	-25.33%	13.45%	-6.87%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nanophase Technologies and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nanophase Technologies	$37.32 million	-$2.62 million	-8.33
Nanophase Technologies Competitors	$5.75 billion	$293.78 million	41.08

Nanophase Technologies’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Nanophase Technologies. Nanophase Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Nanophase Technologies and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nanophase Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A
Nanophase Technologies Competitors	132	1026	1155	26	2.46

As a group, “Toilet preparations” companies have a potential upside of 14.28%. Given Nanophase Technologies’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nanophase Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Nanophase Technologies has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nanophase Technologies’ peers have a beta of 33.66, suggesting that their average stock price is 3,266% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.8% of shares of all “Toilet preparations” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Nanophase Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of shares of all “Toilet preparations” companies 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.

Summary

Nanophase Technologies peers beat Nanophase Technologies on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

Nanophase Technologies Company Profile

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Nanophase Technologies Corp. engages in the development and provision of engineered nanomaterial solutions. The firm’s products include antimony tin oxide, bismuth oxide, cerium oxide, iron oxide, and zinc oxide. It serves the personal care, plastics, textiles, exterior coatings, integrated circuit and data storage, optical surface polishing, and energy markets. The company was founded by Richard W. Siegel on November 25, 1989 and is headquartered in Romeoville, IL.