ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) versus DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) Critical Contrast

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) and ASP Isotopes (NASDAQ:ASPI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for DuPont de Nemours and ASP Isotopes, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DuPont de Nemours	2	3	10	0	2.53
ASP Isotopes	1	0	2	0	2.33

DuPont de Nemours presently has a consensus price target of $42.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.00%. ASP Isotopes has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 98.78%. Given ASP Isotopes’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ASP Isotopes is more favorable than DuPont de Nemours.

Profitability

This table compares DuPont de Nemours and ASP Isotopes’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DuPont de Nemours	-6.17%	7.81%	4.98%
ASP Isotopes	-1,259.12%	-190.44%	-77.22%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

74.0% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DuPont de Nemours shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of ASP Isotopes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

DuPont de Nemours has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASP Isotopes has a beta of 3.41, indicating that its stock price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DuPont de Nemours and ASP Isotopes”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DuPont de Nemours	$12.39 billion	1.37	$703.00 million	($1.84)	-21.99
ASP Isotopes	$4.14 million	175.10	-$32.33 million	($1.30)	-5.03

DuPont de Nemours has higher revenue and earnings than ASP Isotopes. DuPont de Nemours is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASP Isotopes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

DuPont de Nemours beats ASP Isotopes on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DuPont de Nemours

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. provides technology-based materials and solutions in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Electronics & Industrial, Water & Protection, and Corporate & Other segments. The Electronics & Industrial segment supplies materials and solutions for the fabrication of semiconductors and integrated circuits. This segment also provides semiconductor and advanced packaging materials; dielectric and metallization solutions for chip packaging; and silicones for light emitting diode packaging and semiconductor applications; permanent and process chemistries for the fabrication of printed circuit boards to include laminates and substrates, and electroless and electrolytic metallization solutions, and electromagnetic shielding and thermal management solutions, as well as patterning solutions, and materials and metallization processes for metal finishing, decorative, and industrial applications. In addition, it offers various materials to manufacture rigid and flexible displays for organic light emitting diode, and other display applications; provides high performance parts, and specialty silicone elastomers, and lubricants to automotive, aerospace, electronics, industrial, and healthcare markets; and photopolymer plates and platemaking systems used in flexographic printing, and digital inks for textile, commercial, and home-office printing applications. The Water & Protection segment provides engineered products and integrated systems for worker safety, water purification and separation, transportation, energy, medical packaging and building materials. The Corporate & Other segment offers auto adhesives and fluids; Multibase; and Tedlar products. The company was formerly known as DowDuPont Inc. and changed its name to DuPont de Nemours, Inc. in June 2019. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

About ASP Isotopes

ASP Isotopes Inc., a development stage advanced materials company, focuses on the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of isotopes. It engages in the production and commercialization of Molybdenum-100, a non-radioactive isotope for the medical industry; Carbon-14; and Silicon-28. The company is also developing Quantum Enrichment technology to produce Ytterbium-176, Nickel-64, Lithium 6, Lithium7, and Uranium-235. ASP Isotopes Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.