HGAS vs. OPTT, VVPR, MARPS, HLGN, PEGY, ISUN, HUSA, LITM, NEWH, and RCON
Should you be buying Global Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Gas include Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), VivoPower International (VVPR), Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS), Heliogen (HLGN), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), iSun (ISUN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Snow Lake Resources (LITM), NewHydrogen (NEWH), and Recon Technology (RCON). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Global Gas (NASDAQ:HGAS) and Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Global Gas has a beta of -0.58, indicating that its share price is 158% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocean Power Technologies has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Gas and Global Gas both had 3 articles in the media. Global Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ocean Power Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Global Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ocean Power Technologies received 209 more outperform votes than Global Gas when rated by MarketBeat users.
63.8% of Global Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.5% of Global Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ocean Power Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Gas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ocean Power Technologies' net margin of -614.25%. Global Gas' return on equity of -71.10% beat Ocean Power Technologies' return on equity.
Global Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ocean Power Technologies.
Summary
Global Gas beats Ocean Power Technologies on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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