VGAS vs. AMTX, GEVO, ORGN, FF, PROP, MAXN, DTI, TUSK, NRGV, and ZEO
Should you be buying Verde Clean Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verde Clean Fuels include Aemetis (AMTX), Gevo (GEVO), Origin Materials (ORGN), FutureFuel (FF), Prairie Operating (PROP), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Energy Vault (NRGV), and Zeo Energy (ZEO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) and Aemetis (NASDAQ:AMTX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Aemetis shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Aemetis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Aemetis received 174 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.59, suggesting that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aemetis has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Verde Clean Fuels has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aemetis' net margin of -17.20%. Aemetis' return on equity of 0.00% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.
In the previous week, Aemetis had 5 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aemetis and 3 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. Verde Clean Fuels' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Aemetis' score of 0.59 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aemetis has a consensus price target of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 190.50%. Given Aemetis' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aemetis is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Verde Clean Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aemetis. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aemetis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aemetis beats Verde Clean Fuels on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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