VGAS vs. LNZA, CDXS, FF, GEVO, AMTX, ORGN, ALTO, GAMC, LODE, and TOMZ
Should you be buying Verde Clean Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verde Clean Fuels include LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Codexis (CDXS), FutureFuel (FF), Gevo (GEVO), Aemetis (AMTX), Origin Materials (ORGN), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Golden Arrow Merger (GAMC), Comstock (LODE), and TOMI Environmental Solutions (TOMZ). These companies are all part of the "industrial organic chemicals" industry.
LanzaTech Global (NASDAQ:LNZA) and Verde Clean Fuels (NASDAQ:VGAS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
LanzaTech Global received 7 more outperform votes than Verde Clean Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, LanzaTech Global had 1 more articles in the media than Verde Clean Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LanzaTech Global and 5 mentions for Verde Clean Fuels. LanzaTech Global's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Verde Clean Fuels' score of 0.73 indicating that Verde Clean Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LanzaTech Global has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verde Clean Fuels has a beta of -0.59, meaning that its share price is 159% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LanzaTech Global presently has a consensus price target of $6.33, indicating a potential upside of 118.39%. Given Verde Clean Fuels' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LanzaTech Global is more favorable than Verde Clean Fuels.
Verde Clean Fuels has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Verde Clean Fuels' net margin of -152.29%. LanzaTech Global's return on equity of -9.83% beat Verde Clean Fuels' return on equity.
17.8% of LanzaTech Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Verde Clean Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Verde Clean Fuels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LanzaTech Global. Verde Clean Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LanzaTech Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LanzaTech Global beats Verde Clean Fuels on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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