Graphene stocks: how to trade and the best companies to watch

Trading in graphene: what you need to know

Graphene is a growing industry – with interesting prospects for the coming years. The research and development of graphene is gaining more and more attention, and people are becoming more aware of the applications that this material might have in a range of different industries.

This means that trading in graphene – or more specifically, the stocks of companies that have a role to play in the graphene industry – could become more popular as a greater number of applications for the material become clear and commercially viable.

What is graphene?

Graphene is a structurally different form of carbon – called an allotrope in chemistry circles. This means that graphene is carbon-based – like diamonds, graphite or life on Earth itself.

The carbon atoms that make up graphene form a sheet of ‘chicken wire’ in a hexagonal structure – similar to honeycomb. In graphene, each carbon atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms.

As a result, graphene is an incredibly effective conductor of heat and electricity, it’s almost transparent due to its thinness, it absorbs light of nearly all wavelengths, while also being stronger than steel.

These different properties mean that graphene has a variety of different applications – many of which are actively being explored by different companies within the graphene industry.

How to trade in graphene stocks

Trading and investing are often used interchangeably when talking about the financial markets, but they mean different things.

‘Trading’ refers specifically to speculating on a stock’s price movements with leveraged derivatives like CFDs. You’ll be able to go long (‘buy’) to speculate on prices rising, or short (‘sell’) to speculate on prices falling.

‘Investing’ on the other hand, means that you’ll be taking direct ownership of the stock – making you a shareholder in the process. With us, you can only trade in graphene with CFDs.

Top graphene stocks to watch

There aren’t many publicly traded graphene companies out there at the moment and these top graphene stocks are ranked in no particular order. The companies were simply some leaders in the graphene sector at the time of writing (8 March 2021).

1. Applied Graphene Materials
2. Haydale Graphene Industries
3. Versarien
4. Graphene NanoChem
5. G6 Materials

Applied Graphene Materials

Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) has been harnessing the power of graphene for over a decade. The company is a self-proclaimed world leader in the development and application of graphene nanoplatelet dispersions for customers in the coatings, composites and functional materials sectors.

Trade Applied Graphene Materials shares

Haydale Graphene Industries

Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD) is a graphene and nanomaterial company that is working in a range of industries including aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, and printing. The company hopes to play a role in the development and distribution of graphene-based inventions that will help to revolutionise these various industries.

Trade Haydale Graphene Industries shares

Versarien

Versarien (VRS) is an advanced engineering materials group that offers its clients a range of engineering solutions, including graphene. The group has specialist graphene subsidiaries including 2-DTech Limited, Cambridge Graphene Limited, AAC Cyroma and Versarien Graphene Inc. These companies all have different areas of expertise within graphene development and manufacturing.

Trade Versarien shares

Graphene NanoChem

Graphene NanoChem (GRPHG) is a nanotechnology commercialisation company that designs, manufactures and markets a range of nano-enhanced solutions. These include chemicals, to performance materials with improved characteristics. The company mainly focuses on the oil and gas sector.

Trade Graphene NanoChem shares

First Graphene Limited

First Graphene Limited (FGR) is a leading supplier of high-performing graphene products. The company boasts about its robust manufacturing platform and a production capacity of 100 tonnes of graphene per year.

Trade First Graphene Limited shares

Graphene industry: what’s the outlook?

The graphene sector is expected to experience rapid growth in the 2020s – rising from a total sector valuation of around $9 million in 2012, to a predicted valuation of around $1.09 billion by 2027.1

This growth has spurred interest from traders and investors alike, who are looking to capitalise on the future possibilities and developments made in the graphene sector – many of which will hopefully be made by the companies listed here.

Top graphene stocks summed up

• Graphene is a structurally different form of carbon that has a range of applications in the aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, and printing industries
• The industry is expected to experience rapid expansion throughout the 2020s
• There aren’t many publicly traded graphene companies out there at the moment, but that could change in the next few years – assuming the industry expands
• You can only trade in graphene stocks with us via derivatives such as CFDs

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¹ Statista, 2021